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Melbourne's Centennial International Exhibition by Night

An image of the Royal Exhibition Building lit up at night during the Centennial International Exhibition in 1888, from the Illustrated Australian News. The Royal Exhibition Building was designed by architect Joseph Reed and completed in 1880. The…

Kryal Castle, Ballarat

Kryal Castle is a tourist attraction 8km from Ballarat in Victoria. Described as â€˜Australiaâ€™s unique medieval castleâ€™, Kryal Castle can also be hired for weddings, conferences, functions, and special events. It was built in 1972…

Tags: Ballarat, battlements, castle, crenelation, drawbridge, gate, Keith Ryall, Kryal Castle, moat, porticullis, tourism, tower, Vic, Victoria

Pugin Foundation

The Pugin Foundation is a not for profit organisation based in Victoria. Their website is devoted to the works of English architect August Welby Northmore Pugin (1812-1852). The website has a particular focus on the Pugin-designed churches built in…

Tags: Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin, Catholic, churches, essays, Gothic, Gothic Revival, New South Wales, NSW, Pugin Foundation, Qld, Queensland, Tas, Tasmania, Vic, Victoria, website.

The Flight of Jane Shore

This painting by Val Prinsep was gifted to the National Gallery of Victoria in 1934 by A L Prinsep. It depicts a woman, who the title identifies as Jane Shore, crouching under a bridge in an attempt to hide from a group of soldiers looking to arrest…

Tags: art, Edward IV (1442-1483), Elizabeth Shore (1445-1527), imprisonment, Jane Shore (1445-1527), Ludgate prison, mistress, Pre-Raphaelite, Richard III (1452-1485), royal mistress, Thomas Grey (c.1455-1501), Vic, Victoria, Wars of the Roses, William Hastings (c.1430-1483)

"Gargoyles of Melbourne: Quaint and Curious Carvings by John Russell Parry," in The Argus

Gargoyles of Melbourne_The Argus_10 August 1929_p10.pdf

A lengthy illustrated article by John Russell Parry about gargoyles in Melbourne that appeared in the Melbourne newspaper The Argus on August 10, 1929. The article provides the etymology of 'gargoyle', derived from Latin via Old French, and explains…

Tags: carving, gargoyle, gargoyles, Gothic, gothic architecture, John Russell Parry, Latin, Melbourne, Old French, sculptor, sculpture, The Argus, Vic, Victoria

Shakespeare in Adaptation unit

Second and third year undergraduate unit at La Trobe University (Bundoora campus, in Melbourne)coordinated by Chris Palmer. The unit examines four of Shakespeareâ€™s plays, including two film versions of each play. One of the plays set during…

Tags: adaptation, Bundoora, Chris Palmer, drama, film, La Trobe University, MacBeth, Melbourne, Shakespeare, university, Victoria, William Shakespeare

Medieval Education: Medieval and Ancient Programs for Schools

Medieval Education: Medieval and Ancient Programs for Schools are run by Multisensory Education Pty. Ltd., who is based in Melbourne. The group offer educational programs for schools in Victoria. They have a comprehensive array of Medieval Activity…

Cathedral Room entrance, (Former) Melbourne Stock Exchange, Victoria

The Cathedral Room used to be the main trading room of the Melbourne Stock Exchange. The former Stock Exchange building is now part of what is known as the ANZ Gothic Bank on the corner of Collins and Queen Street in Melbourne, Victoria. The building…

Tags: ANZ, bank, bas-relief, Gothic, Gothic Revival, Melbourne, pointed arch, sculpture, Stock Exchange of Melbourne Co Ltd, Vic, Victoria, William Pitt

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