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Turret CafÃ©, Ballarat

The Turret CafÃ© in the Victorian city of Ballarat was built as a private residence in 1894-1895 and was designed by the architectural firm Gilbert and Clegg. The brick building on Sturt Street has Gothic elements, including crenellation and lancet…

Tags: Ballarat, cafÃ©, crenellation, Gilbert and Clegg, Gothic, lancet window, turret, Turret CafÃ©, Vic, Victoria

Woman hit in head with â€˜swordâ€™ as mock medieval battle goes wrong

This online newspaper article by Henrietta Cook appeared in The Age on March 15, 2012. It reports on an incident during the weekly Swordcraft event in Melbourne, Victoria, in which a woman was hit in the head by a rubber sword and required medical…

Tags: battle, game, Henrietta Cook, Melbourne, performance, re-enactment, Swordcraft, The Age, Vic, Victoria

St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Skipton, Victoria - Side View

St Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Skipton, was designed by architects Davidson and Henderson of Geelong and built in 1871-2. The bluestone building is in the Gothic Revival style and features pointed arch windows and a square bell tower with a…

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St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Skipton, Victoria - Church Tower

St Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Skipton, was designed by architects Davidson and Henderson of Geelong and built in 1871-2. The bluestone building is in the Gothic Revival style and features pointed arch windows and a square bell tower with a…

Tags: architects, architecture, bluestone, Church, Davidson and Henderson, Gothic, gothic architecture, Gothic Revival, Presbyterian, saint, Saint Andrew, saints, Skipton, spire, St Andrew, St. Andrew, tower, towers, Vic, Victoria

St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Skipton - Interior

St Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Skipton, was designed by architects Davidson and Henderson of Geelong and built in 1871-2. The bluestone building is in the Gothic Revival style and features pointed arch windows and a square bell tower with a…

Tags: architects, architecture, bluestone, Church, Davidson and Henderson, Gothic, gothic architecture, Gothic Revival, Presbyterian, saint, Saint Andrew, saints, Skipton, St Andrew, St. Andrew, Vic, Victoria

Festival of Hildegard, Centre for Theology and Ministry, Melbourne, Victoria

The Festival of Hildegard was an educational event held at the Catholic Loreto College’s Centre for Theology and Ministry at St Mary’s College in the Melbourne suburb of Parkville, Victoria. The event ran from October 19-21, 2012, closing…

"Ned Kelly at Bay"

This print of a wood engraving of Ned Kelly in his final battle is based on a sketch 'drawn on the spot' by T. Carrington. The picture shows a Ned Kelly in his helmet firing his pistol. His plate body armour is hidden by an overcoat. The armour and…

Tags: Armour, Australia, Australian identity, crime, highway man, knight, knighthood, national identity, Ned Kelly, Vic, Victoria, wood engraving

Centennial International Exhibition Parade

An illustration of a street parade in Collins Street, Melbourne, drawn from the perspective of the Treasury Buildings. Crowds of spectators line the street to watch as a procession of horse-drawn floats and trade banners are paraded along Collins…

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