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The Design for the Federal Coffee Palace, Collins Street West Melbourne
An engraving featured in The Illustrated Australian News of a design for the Federal Coffee Palace in West Melbourne. The gothic style of the design is very typical of nineteenth century architecture in Australia and other nations with British…
Design for the Town Hall, Brunswick
This engraving by Samuel Calvert appeared in The Illustrated Australian News on June 23, 1888. It shows the neo-gothic design for the Town Hall in the Melbourne suburb of Brunswick.
The New Queen's College
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.
The Opening of Queen's College
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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The Modern Permanent Building Society's New Offices, Collins Street, West Melbourne
An engraving featured in The Illustrated Australian News of the recently built Gothic Revival style offices of the Modern Permanent Building Society.
Gaunt's Clock, Royal Arcade, Melbourne
A view of Gaunt’s Clock in Royal Arcade, Melbourne. Royal Arcade was designed by architect Charles Webb and was completed in 1870. Gaunt’s Clock was added in 1892. On either side of the clock is a statute of the mythical giants Gog and…
Gog and Magog, Royal Arcade, Melbourne
Close-up images of the statutes of Gog and Magog, who strike the time hourly on Gaunt’s Clock in Melbourne’s Royal Arcade. According to the legend cited in the description under the clock, the mythological giants Gog and Magog were…
The Illuminations of Melbourne - the General Post Office
Image of the Melbourne General Post Office at night. The building was illuminated to celebrate the arrival of Queen Victoria to Australia. The lights on the building read "God Save the Queen" and "Long May She Reign." It was a medieval custom to…