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Norman baptismal font, St Mary’s Cathedral, Hobart, Tasmania
Repair work on St Mary’s Catholic Cathedral, Hobart, in 2008 brought to light the possibility that a baptismal font in the Cathedral may be from the medieval Norman period. The cylindrical font has elaborately carved columns and Romanesque…
St Luke’s Church exterior, Bothwell, Tasmania
St Luke’s Church is in the small town of Bothwell in Tasmania. Built by the government, St Luke’s originally held combined services for Anglicans and Presbyterians, before the Anglicans built their own church in 1891. It is now a Uniting…
(Former) Town Hall, Bothwell, Tasmania
Bothwell (Tasmania) Town Hall was built in 1902. The building also served as the towns Police Station and Court Room. It is now used as the local library. The stone building features three semi-circular arches supported by columns with decorated…
Window of Roman-era Saints, St David’s Cathedral, Hobart, Tasmania
The Window of Roman-era Saints is in the south wall of St David’s Anglican Cathedral, Hobart. The large pointed arch window with stonework tracery is made up of three lancet windows with stained glass. Each lancet window features a Saint…
Alfred Ibbott memorial window, St Michael and All Angels Anglican Church, Bothwell, Tasmania
The Alfred Ibbott (1844-1928) memorial window is in St Michael and All Angels Anglican Church in the Tasmanian town of Bothwell. The window (on the left in the photograph) is one of two lancet windows parrallel. The figures are framed by a…
Horizontal Retort Building, (Former) Launceston Gasworks, Launceston, Tasmania
The horizontal retort building is one of a number of derelict buildings on the former Launceston Gasworks site in the northern Tasmanian city of Launceston. The brick with sandstone edging building was completed in 1860. The building includes…
(Former) St Matthew’s Presbyterian Church, Glenorchy, Hobart, Tasmania
St Matthew’s Presbyterian Church is in the suburb of Glenorchy in Hobart, Tasmania. It was designed by the convict architect James Blackburn (1803-1854) in 1839. The foundation stone was laid by Governor Sir John Franklin (1786-1847) in 1839…
(Former) St Matthew’s Presbyterian Church entrance, Glenorchy, Hobart, Tasmania
The former St Matthew’s Presbyterian Church is in the suburb of Glenorchy in Hobart, Tasmania. It was designed by the convict architect James Blackburn (1803-1854) in 1839. The foundation stone was laid by Governor Sir John Franklin (1786-1847)…