Medievalism in Australian Cultural Memory

Sydney City Library, Haymarket, New South Wales

The current Sydney City Library building in Haymarket was built for the Commercial Banking Corporation of Sydney in 1875. The sandstone building on the corner of George and Hay Streets incorporates a number of architectural styles that can be traced…

‘Galen, Hippocrates, and Aretaeus of Cappadocia’ Window, The University of Sydney

This is the lower section of a two-tiered Gothic Revival stair window located in the Anderson Stuart Building at the University of Sydney. The window was donated by John Harris Esq., at a cost of £120 in c.1889 (Calendar of the University of Sydney…

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Troubadour Song

A poem featured in The Hobart Town Gazette and Van Diemen's Land Advertiser, which conforms to lyrical and bardic poetic traditions. It has medieval and classical undertones in both style and language.

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Sydney City Library, Haymarket, New South Wales

‘Galen, Hippocrates, and Aretaeus of Cappadocia’ Window, The University of Sydney

Troubadour Song