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Preparing for the Exhibition â€“ Gilding the Dome (Illustration)

An illustration of painters gilding the dome of the Royal Exhibition Building in Melbourne. This task was undertaken in association with other contracted repainting and redecorating work in the lead-up to the 1888 Centennial International Exhibition.…

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…

The Centennial International Exhibition

An image of the Royal Exhibition Building 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 round-arched…

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.

Tags: architect, architecture, building, Gothic, gothic architecture, Gothic building, Gothic Revival, Gothic Revival style, Melbourne, neo-Gothic, Permanent Building Society

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.…

Celotex

This advertisement for a new building material, Celotex, highlights its dual properties of strength and insulation as a selling point. Drawing comparisons to past societies, the article suggests while the Aztecs and the Eskimos had built for…

Tags: Aztecs, building, Building materials, Celotex, Eskimos, Esquimos, housing, insulation, McLean Bros. and Rigg Ltd, medieval building, strength, warmth

St. George's College, University of Western Australia

A photograph of the entrance to St. George's College. The residential college is opposite the University of Western Australia and was the first permanent residential college built at the present university site. The college was built by the Church of…

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…

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