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Perth Town Hall
Construction of the Perth Town Hall began in 1867, and the building was officially opened in 1870. Upon the order of Governor Hampton the Town Hall was built as part of a Public Works programme that utilised…
Tags: arcading, architecture, building, clock, clock tower, convict, convict labour, convicts, gothic architecture, Gothic Revival, government building, hall, James Manning, labour, lancet arch, marketplace, municipal building, neo-Gothic, Perth, pinnacle, Public Works programme, Richard Roach Jewell, tourelle, Town Hall, Victorian Free Gothic style, WA, Western Australia
Two New Clocks: Novelties for London Court
Tags: “Tournament of Tilting Knightsâ€, arcade, Big Ben, Big Clock, clock, dragon, Fremantle, H. Hope Jones, Hay Street, horse, knights, La Grosse Horage, lance, London Court, mechanisation, Monk of Glastonbury, Moreton Bay, Peter Lightfoot, retail arcade, Rouen, shopping, St George, St George’s Terrace, sword, Synchronome Company Ltd, synchronome invention, WA, Wells Cathedral, Western Australia
London Court
Tags: “medieval monstrosityâ€, arcade, arcades, architecture, Bernard Evans, bypass, Claude de Bernales, clock, cobblestones, dragon, Elizabethan, Hay Street, horse, horseback, Inter-War, joust, jousting, knight, lance, London Court, Old English style, pageantry, Perth, Plaza Arcade, retail, Saint George, shops, St George, St George’s Terrace, tournament, tourney, Tudor, WA, Western Australia