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General Sir John Monash - Gold Signet Ring

Signet ring made from 18 carat gold. The face of the ring is impressed with a lion rampant holding a compass. In a scroll below is the latin motto 'MARTE ET ARTE' [By war and arts]. These words are impressed in the reverse to enable the ring to be…

Gledden Building, Perth, Western Australia

The Gledden Building is in the Perth CBD and was designed by architect Harold Boas. It was built in 1937 and 1938, and is named after Robert Gledden who had gifted the land that the building is on to The University of Western Australia in 1927. The…

Tags: arched windows, Art Deco, buttresses, Chicago, Commercial Gothic, crenellation, Gledden Building, Gothic, Harold Boas, New York, parapet, Perth, Robert Gledden, tower, Tribune Building, University of Western Australia, UWA, WA, Western Australia.

Gothic Revival Ruin in Central NSW

An image of the abandoned Catholic church of St. Malachy in Gooloogong, New South Wales. It was featured on the Facebook site for the Medieval Shoppe, who design historical replicas of swords, armour and other weapons.

The church, which fell out…

Tags: arch, arches, architecture, Catholic, Catholicism, Church, churches, Gooloongong, Gothic, Gothic Revival, Medieval Shoppe, New South Wales, NSW, pointed arch, ruin, ruined, ruins, Saint Malachy, St Malachy, St. Malachy

Gothic Window, Kryal Castle, Ballarat

An image of a gothic-style window at Kryal Castle, a tourist attraction located 8km from Ballarat in Victoria. It was built in 1972 and opened in 1974 by Keith Ryall.

Described as â€˜Australiaâ€™s unique medieval castleâ€™, Kryal…

Tags: arch, arched, Ballarat, battlements, castle, entertainment, functions, Gothic, gothic window, Keith Ryall, Kryal Castle, leisure, Melbourne, re-creation, recreation, staircase, stairs, tourism, tower, Vic, Victoria, window, windows

Government House Guardhouse, Sydney

This photograph shows the guardhouse that was originally part of the entrance to Government House in the Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney. The building was completed in 1848 and is thought to have been built by the Colonial Architect Mortimer Lewis. The…

Tags: arched window, Gothic, Gothic Revival, Government House, Greenway Building, guardhouse, Mortimer Lewis, New South Wales, NSW, Royal Botanic Gardens, stables, Sydney, Sydney Conservatorium of Music, tower

Government House, Hobart, Tasmania

The current Government House of Tasmania, the third in Hobart, was designed by the Director of Public Works William Porden Kay and built between 1855 and 1857 in the Gothic Revival style. Governor Henry Fox Young took up residence on January 2, 1858.…

Tags: ANZAMEMS, Australian and New Zealand Association for Medieval and Early Modern Studies, bas-relief sculpture, crenellation, gargoyle, Gothic, Gothic Revival, Government House, Henry Fox Young., Hobart, parapet, sculpture, Tas, Tasmania, tower, tracery, turret, William Porden Kay

Government House, Perth, Western Australia

Image of Government House, Perth. The house was ordered on the request of Governor Arthur Edward Kennedy in 1858 but was not completed until 1864, by which time there was a new Governor, John Stephen Hampton. The house was built with convict…

Tags: capped turrets, convict labour, Fonthill Gothick, Gothic, gothic arcading, Gothic Revival, Government House, Governor Arthur Edward Kennedy, Governor John Stephen Hampton, mullioned windows, ogive, Perth, turret, turrets, Victorian revival, WA, Western Australia

Government House, Sydney

One of three images which show the exterior of Government House in the Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney. The building was designed by the English architect Edward Blore and supervised by the Colonial Architect Mortimer Lewis. The House is in Gothic…

Tags: castle, crenellation, Edward Blore, Gothic, Gothic Revival, Government House, Greenway Building, Mortimer Lewis, New South Wales, NSW, Royal Botanic Gardens, stained glass, Sydney, tower, tracery, turret

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