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The Church of St John the Evangelist is located in the city of Albany on the southern coast of Western Australia. Construction of the stone church began in 1840 and it was the first WA church to be consecrated (October 26, 1848). The proportions of…

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This photograph shows the KFC store on George Street in central Sydney. The store, previously a bank, is in the Victorian Romanesque style, and features semi-circular arched windows, moulded brick, and carved stone. The Romanesque style was popular…

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A view of Scot’s Church located on Collins Street in central Melbourne. The church was built in a decorated Gothic Revival style to the design of architectural firm Reed & Barnes. It is constructed from Barrabool Hills freestone with sandstone…

St Hubert’s vineyard in Coldstream, Victoria, was founded by Hubert de Castella in 1862. It is named after St Hubert, the ‘Apostle of Ardennes’ and patron saint of hunters. Born c.656, Hubert was the eldest son of Bertrand, Duke…

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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…

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A view of Scot’s Church located on Collins Street in central Melbourne. The church was built in a decorated Gothic Revival style to the design of architectural firm Reed & Barnes. It is constructed from Barrabool Hills freestone with sandstone…

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‘The Towers’ building is in the Hobart suburb of Newtown and lends its name to Tower Road. It was designed by English-born convict architect James Blackburn in c. 1845 as a grand domestic building built around an internal courtyard. The…

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Completed in 1906, the elaborate National Mutual Life Building in Hobart, Tasmania, was designed by Hobart-born architect Alan Cameron Walker (1864-1931). It is a mixture of Romanesque and Gothic architecture and features semi-circular windows with…
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