Knight Statue at Kryal Castle
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An image of an English knight statue at Kryal Castle in Ballarat.
About Kryal Castle:
Kryal Castle is a tourist attraction located 8km from Ballarat in Victoria. Described as ‘Australia’s unique medieval castle’, Kryal Castle can also be hired for weddings, conferences, functions, and special events. It was built in 1972 and opened in 1974 by Keith Ryall. Its medieval architectural features include crenellation, a moat, and a defended gate with flanking towers, drawbridge and a porticullis.
Jeffery, N.
2012
Jeffery, N.
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The Card Castle, Launceston, Tasmania
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The Card Castle is a card and gift shop in the Old Brisbane Arcade in the Tasmanian city of Launceston. The two signs for the store feature a castle. Whilst one provides merely the outline of a castle wall and tower with crenelated parapets, the other sign features a much more detailed castle image. The castle is surrounded by a moat and entered over a draw-bridge. It has extensive crenellation, two corner towers, and pointed arch windows.
McLeod, Shane
September 8, 2012
The Card Castle
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Jousting at Kryal Castle, Ballarat
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An image of a Kryal Castle knight preparing for a Jousting display at Kryal Castle in Ballarat, Victoria. Jousting was a popular medieval and Renaissance sport from the thirteenth century, and is often associated with the chivalric ideal.
About Kryal Castle:
Located 8km from Ballarat in Victoria, Kryal Castle is a local tourist attraction. Described as ‘Australia’s unique medieval castle’, Kryal Castle can be hired for weddings, conferences, functions, and special events. It was built in 1972 and opened in 1974 by Keith Ryall. Its medieval architectural features include crenellation, a moat, and a defended gate with flanking towers, drawbridge and a porticullis.
Jeffrey, N.
2007
Image used with permission of N. Jeffrey
Digital Photograph; JPEG
Kryal Castle Wall
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An image of the wall and gate surrounding Kryal Castle. A tourist attraction located 8km from Ballarat in Victoria, Kryal Castle was built in 1972 (opened in 1974) by Keith Ryall.
Described as ‘Australia’s unique medieval castle’, Kryal Castle can also be hired for weddings, conferences, functions, and special events.
Jeffrey, N.
2012
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Digital Photograph; JPEG
Kryal Castle Wall & Gate
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An image of the wall and gate surrounding Kryal Castle. A tourist attraction located 8km from Ballarat in Victoria, Kryal Castle was built in 1972 (opened in 1974) by Keith Ryall.
Described as ‘Australia’s unique medieval castle’, Kryal Castle can also be hired for weddings, conferences, functions, and special events.
Jeffrey, N.
2007
Image used with the permission of N. Jeffrey
Digital Photograph; JPEG
Kryal Castle Tower
Kryal Castle, castle, crenelation, drawbridge, gate, Kryal Castle, moat, porticullis, Keith Ryall, tourism, tower, towers, battlements, leisure, recreation, re-creation, entertainment, functions, Ballarat, Melbourne, VIC, Victoria
An image of a tower at Kryal Castle. A tourist attraction located 8km from Ballarat in Victoria, Kryal Castle was built in 1972 (opened in 1974) by Keith Ryall.
Described as ‘Australia’s unique medieval castle’, Kryal Castle can also be hired for weddings, conferences, functions, and special events.
Its medieval architectural features include crenellation, a moat, and a defended gate with flanking towers, drawbridge and a porticullis.
Jeffrey, N.
2010
Image used with the permission of N. Jeffrey
Digital Photograph; JPEG
Kryal Castle Jousting Display
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An image of a person jousting at Kryal Castle in Ballarat. Jousting was a popular medieval and Renaissance sport from the thirteenth century, and is often associated with the chivalric ideal.
About Kryal Castle:
Located 8km from Ballarat in Victoria, Kryal Castle is a local tourist attraction. Described as ‘Australia’s unique medieval castle’, Kryal Castle can be hired for weddings, conferences, functions, and special events. It was built in 1972 and opened in 1974 by Keith Ryall. Its medieval architectural features include crenellation, a moat, and a defended gate with flanking towers, drawbridge and a porticullis.
Jeffrey, N.
2010
Image used with the permission of N. Jeffrey
Digital Photograph; JPEG
Castle, Dog Swamp, Perth, Western Australia
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This derelict castle building in the Perth suburb of Dog Swamp used to be part of The Land of Make Believe display centre. It was created by the brick and roofing tile company Wunderlich and featured small buildings based on fairytales. The castle was known as Old King Cole’s Castle, named after the figure in the British folk song/nursery rhyme. The small brick castle is reached by crossing a moat and has an arched entrance, crenellation, a tower, and balistraria (arrowslits).
McEwan, Joanne
July 12, 2012
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