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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

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.

Tags: architect, architecture, Brunswick, Brunswick town hall, engraving, Gothic, gothic architecture, Gothic building, gothic buildings, Gothic Revival, Melbourne, neo-Gothic, Samuel Calvert, The Illustrated Australian News, Town Hall, Vic, Victoria

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

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 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 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.…

Christ Church Interior, Claremont, Western Australia

An interior view of Christ Church, Claremont in Western Australia. The neo-gothic style of the building is clearly visible in the pointed arches of the stained-glass windows, arcading and large chancel arch separating the rectangular nave from the…

Decorative Stonework, Christ Church, Claremont, Western Australia

A close-up view of the decorative stonework on the western wall of Christ Church, Claremont in Western Australia. Christ Church is an Anglican Church that was designed by Perth architect J. J. Talbot Hobbs and built in a Gothic Revival style. The…

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