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The Chateau Tahbilk Vineyard Company's Exhibit at the 1888 Exhibition

Engraving in The Illustrated Australian News of the Chateau Tahbilk Vineyard's exhibit at the 1888 Great Hall Exhibition. The exhibit was made to look like with a medieval-style tower, complete with crenellation.

Tags: 1888, 1888 Exhibition, castle turret, Chateau Tahbilk, display, exhibit, exhibition, Gothic, Gothic Revival, Great Hall, Great Hall exhibition, neo-Gothic, vine, vineyard, wine, wine industry, winery

The New Queen's College

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.

Tags: architect, architecture, E.H. Sugden, Gothic, gothic architecture, Gothic building, Gothic Revival, Melbourne, neo-Gothic, Queen's College, university, University of Melbourne, W.A. Quick

The Great Hall of the Exhibition on the 1st of August

Engraving in the Illustrated Australian News of the Great Hall as it appeared during the exhibition of 1888.

Tags: 1888, architect, architecture, exhibition, Gothic, gothic architecture, Gothic building, Gothic Revival, Great Hall, Great Hall exhibition, neo-Gothic

In and Around Adelaide

A page of engravings depicting notable landmarks and monuments in Adelaide at the end of the nineteenth century. One notices a strong gothic influence in the appearance of Colonel Light's monument and some of the buildings in Victoria Square.

Tags: Adelaide, architecture, Colonel Light's monument, engraving, Gothic, gothic architecture, Gothic building, gothic buildings, Gothic Revival, monument, monuments, neo-Gothic, SA, South Australia, Victoria Square

Old Convict Church, Port Arthur, Tasmania

This atmospheric engraving from 1887 in The Illustrated Australian News depicts the gothic architectual style, including crenellation and turrets, of the 'Old Convict Church' at the penal settlement of Port Arthur in Tasmania.

Tags: architecture, Christian, Christianity, Church, convict, Convict Church, crenellation, engraving, Gothic, gothic architecture, Gothic Revival, neo-Gothic, Port Arthur, Tasmania, turrets

St. Andrew's Cathedral, Town Hall and Markets, George Street, Sydney, New South Wales

A photograph of St Andrewâ€™s Cathedral in Sydney that most likely dates from between 1920 and 1925. St Andrewâ€™s Cathedral is located on George Street in Sydney and is part of the Town Hall group of buildings. It is the oldest cathedral…

â€˜The Madness of King Kennethâ€™ Article

An article by Max Anderson in the Adelaide Hills Magazine about Thorngrove Manor Hotel in Stirling. The building functions as a luxury boutique hotel and the article includes an interview with the architect and builder, owner Kenneth Lehmann. The…

Tags: Adelaide Hills, Adelaide Hills Magazine, castle, fantasy, Gothic, Kenneth Lehmann, Max Anderson, recreation, SA, South Australia, Stirling, Thorngrove, Thorngrove Manner Hotel, towers, turrets, Victorian Gothic

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