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  • Collection: Medievalism at the Foundations

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A view of the Redemptorist Church in North Perth, Western Australia. An entrance porch with decorative crenellations and a large traceried window containing five stained glass and lead light panels dominate the church’s appearance. The door is…

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Image of the Red Castle Hotel (now Motor Inn) in the Perth suburb of Rivervale. The red brick building gains its name from a medieval castle-like tower with crenellation, arched windows and arrow slits.

The Order of the Thistle_Western Argus_25 February 1930_p35.pdf
Explaining the establishment of "The Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle” in 1687, this article from the Western Argus first discusses the medieval adoption of the thistle as Scotland’s national emblem. This it dates to the…

A wood engraving from March 1888 by Samuel Calvert of Queen's College at the University of Victoria. An accompanying article in the Melbourne newspaper The Illustrated Australian News reported on the opening ceremony for the new college.…

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Image of the Old Swan Barracks Hotel in Perth, Western Australia. The Swan Barracks was originally used as a military training facility. A Volunteer Drill Hall was built in 1896 and this rusticated stone building was added in 1897 to house the…

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Images of the Old Swan Barracks Hotel in Perth, Western Australia. The Swan Barracks was originally used as a military training facility. A Volunteer Drill Hall was built in 1896 and this rusticated stone building was added in 1897 to house the…

Illus Australian News 1888 31 March Queens College Unimelb Sketch.pdf
An engraving depicting the then new appearance of Queen's College at the University of Melbourne in 1888. Either side of the gothic style building are the portraits of the architects, Rev. W.A. Quick and E.H. Sugden.
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