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Dunstanborough Castle, north-east coast of Northumberland, sunrise after a squally night

This painting by prominent English artist J M W Turner was gifted to the National Gallery of Victoria in 1888 by the Duke of Westminster. Depicting castle ruins on a rugged cliff top above a stormy ocean, this painting is, as Ted Gott et al suggest,…

Domestic Crenellation & Machiolation in Unley Park, Adelaide, South Australia

A photograph of domestic architecture in Unley Park, South Australia, featuring crenellation and false machiolation. Crenellation is an architectural feature that was commonly employed in the design of medieval castles and military structures. Cut…

MacLaurin Window, Nicholson Vestibule, University of Sydney

The MacLaurin Window was created in 1920 and can be found in the Nicholson Vestibule lighting the staircase. The window has a portrait of Sir Henry Normand MacLaurin, Chancellor of the University of Sydney from 1896 to 1914, flanked by James I…

Tags: Alfred the Great, Anglo-Saxon, James I/VI, MacLaurin Window, navy, New South Wales, Nicholson Vestibule, NSW, ship, Sir Henry Normand MacLaurin, stained glass, Sydney, University of Sydney, viking, Wessex

Crystal Palace, Luna Park, Sydney

The Crystal Palace at Luna Palace overlooking the harbour in Sydney is a functions venue. It has been built to look like a medieval castle, featuring crenellation, arched windows, and spires. At night the castle is illuminated, creating a Crystal…

Tags: arched window, castle, crenellation, Crystal Palace, leisure, Luna Park, New South Wales, NSW, re-creation, recreation, spires, Sydney, venue

Mitchell Building, The University of Adelaide

An image of the Mitchell Building at The University of Adelaide. The Mitchell Building was designed by South Australian architect Willliam McMinn, and is of a Victorian Academic Gothic architectural style. It was completed between 1879 and 1881, and…

Anglo-Saxon Window, Great Hall, University of Sydney

The Anglo-Saxon window in the Great Hall of the University of Sydney is one of a number of windows along the side walls of the hall containing portraits of famous people. It includes three notable Anglo-Saxon churchmen and writers from the Kingdom of…

Tags: Alcuin, Alcuin of York, Alcuinis, Anglo-Saxon, Anglo-Saxon Window, Bede, CÃ¦dmon, Caedman, Caedmon, Carolingian Renaissance, Charlemagne, England, Great Hall, New South Wales, NSW, stained glass, Sydney, University of Sydney, Venerable Bede

Jack and the Beanstalk house window, East Devonport

One of three photographs of a house in East Devonport built in the Gothic Revival architectural style. Gothic features of the house include the arched windows and steeped pitch of the roof. This photograph shows one of the gothic-style windows, which…

Tags: arched window, architecture, domestic, domestic architecture, East Devonport, folktale, Gothic, Gothic Revival, home, house, household, Jack and the Beanstalk, residence, residential, Tas, Tasmania

New Procession ushers in Slipper era

This article from the online edition of ABC News reports on a change in Australian parliamentary procedure. A longer and more formal procession from the lobby of Parliament House to the Chamber of the House of Representatives has been introduced by…

Tags: Australian Parliament, Canberra, ceremonial robes, Chamber, House of Representatives, lobby, mace, medieval ritual, parliament, Parliament House, procession, public display, ritual, serjeant-at-arms, Speaker, weapon

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