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Greek Orthodox Church, West Perth
An image of the Greek Orthodox Church located on the corner of Charles and Carr Streets in West Perth. The church possesses typical Orthodox/Byzantine architectural features, including a dome (symbolising the heavens) on top of a square church…
Greek Orthodox Church, West Perth
An image of the Greek Orthodox Church located on the corner of Charles and Carr Streets in West Perth. The church possesses typical Orthodox/Byzantine architectural features, including a dome (symbolising the heavens) on top of a square church…
‘Inferno, canto XIII: The Forest of Suicides’ by Fiona Hall
This photographic artwork by Australian artist Fiona Hall belongs to a series titled ‘Illustrations to Dante’s Divine Comedy’. It is held by The National Gallery of Australia and depicts a scene from canto XIII of Dante…
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152 Elizabeth St, Sydney, New South Wales
The red brick and stone building at 152 Elizabeth St in Sydney, New South Wales, incorporates a number of architectural styles. Most prominent of these is the medieval Romanesque style seen in the semi-circular arched windows on the second and third…
Australian Mutual Provident Society building, Launceston, Tasmania
This Australian Mutual Provident Society building is in the centre of the Tasmanian city of Launceston. It was designed by local architects Lesley Gordon Corrie (1859-1918) and Alexander North (1858-1945) and built by J. and T. Gunn. It opened in…
Launceston Church Grammar School, Mowbray Campus, Tasmania
The Mowbray campus of the Launceston Church Grammar School in Launceston, Tasmanian, has a number of buildings of different eras with medieval features. These include the administration building whose foundation stone was laid by Prime Minister…
St Matthew’s Catholic Church, Pontville, Tasmania
St Matthew’s Roman Catholic Church is in the small Tasmanian town of Pontville. The sandstone church originally opened in 1876 but it has rebuilt in 1928 following a fire the previous year. It is in the Gothic Revival style with buttresses,…
Launceston Post Office interior, Launceston, Tasmania
The Launceston Post Office is in the centre of the Tasmanian city of Launceston, and is one of four Heritage Property Showcase buildings of Australia Post for 2012. It was designed by architect William W. Eldridge (1850-1933) in 1885 with some…