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Front and rear of the former Fremantle Synagogue

The first purpose-built synagogue in Western Australia, Fremantle Synagogue was built by J. McCracken in the Romanesque style (architectual firm Oldham and Eales) in 1902 but services only continued in the building until 1910. Constructed in brick,…

Tags: Federation Romanesque, Fremantle, Judaism, Romanesque, stained glass, Synagogue, turret, turrets, WA, Western Australia

Swan Bells

The Bell Tower, on the Swan River in Perth, houses the Swan Bells, including twelve medieval bells formally from the church of St Martin-in-the-Fields in Trafalgar Square, London. The bells are known to have existed in the fourteenth century and were…

Tags: bell tower, bells, Captain James Cook, England, London, Perth, royal bells, Spanish Armada, St Martin-in-the-Field, Swan Bells, Swan River, The University of Western Australia, Trafalgar Square, WA, Western Australia

Brunswick Uniting Church, Victoria

A view of Brunswick Uniting Church, located on Sydney Road in Brunswick, Melbourne. The Brunswick Uniting Church is unusual because two churches stand on the site. They are of distinctly different appearance but boast similar neo-gothic features,…

Neo-gothic spire: Brunswick Uniting Church, Victoria

A close-up of the contrasting light and dark brickwork used in the construction of the spire for one of the buildings comprising the Brunswick Uniting Church, which is located on Sydney Road in Brunswick, Melbourne. The Brunswick Uniting Church is…

Tags: arch, architecture, Brunswick, Charles Webb (1821-1898), Church, church building, Evander McIver, gothic architecture, Gothic Revival, lancet arch, lancet window, neo-Gothic, Presbyterian Church, spire, tower, tracery, Vic, Victoria, Victorian Gothic

Decorated Gothic Window: Brunswick Uniting Church, Victoria

A close-up view of the decorated gothic window and bold corner quoins on the west facade of the Brunswick Uniting Church, located on Sydney Road in Brunswick, Melbourne. The Brunswick Uniting Church is unusual because two churches stand on the same…

The 1865 Building: Brunswick Uniting Church, Melbourne, Victoria

A view of original church building at the Brunswick Uniting Church, located on Sydney Road in Brunswick, Melbourne. The Brunswick Uniting Church is unusual because two churches stand on the same site. They are of distinctly different appearance but…

Government House, Hobart, Tasmania

The current Government House of Tasmania, the third in Hobart, was designed by the Director of Public Works William Porden Kay and built between 1855 and 1857 in the Gothic Revival style. Governor Henry Fox Young took up residence on January 2, 1858.…

Tags: ANZAMEMS, Australian and New Zealand Association for Medieval and Early Modern Studies, bas-relief sculpture, crenellation, gargoyle, Gothic, Gothic Revival, Government House, Henry Fox Young., Hobart, parapet, sculpture, Tas, Tasmania, tower, tracery, turret, William Porden Kay

Flinders Street Station, Melbourne

A view of Flinders Street Station, located at the intersection of Flinders Street and Swanston Street in Melbourne’s CBD. Flinders Street station was designed by architects James Fawcett and HCP Ashworth, who won a competition to re-design the…

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