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Kryal Castle, Ballarat

Kryal Castle is a tourist attraction 8km from Ballarat in Victoria. Described as â€˜Australiaâ€™s unique medieval castleâ€™, Kryal Castle can also be hired for weddings, conferences, functions, and special events. It was built in 1972…

Tags: Ballarat, battlements, castle, crenelation, drawbridge, gate, Keith Ryall, Kryal Castle, moat, porticullis, tourism, tower, Vic, Victoria

"Australian War Memorial: Largest Stone Building in the Southern Hemisphere."

Australian War memorial_Canberra Times_15 July 1941_p2.pdf

This article from The Canberra Times in 1941 provides an update on the building of the Australian War Memorial in Canberra. Construction had begun in 1937, and the Memorial was set to be the largest stone building in the southern hemisphere. A…

Tags: ACT, architecture, Australian Capital Territory, Australian War Memorial, Canberra, Cloisters, Court of Honour, gargoyles, Hall of Memory, loggia, medieval architecture, memorial, monument, sandstone, stone building, tower, war, war memorial

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