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St Mary’s Cathedral, Sydney
The present St Mary’s Catholic Cathedral was designed by English architect William Wardell, with minor changes made by local architects Hennessy, Hennessy and Co. Although the foundation stone was laid in 1868, the cathedral was not completed…
Loreto College, Ballarat
Loreto College was founded in the rural Victorian city of Ballarat by the Catholic Loreto Sisters as a school for girls in 1875. The photograph is of the gate at the entrance to the College grounds. The brick gate is in the Gothic architectural style…
Royal Clock, Queen Victoria Building, Sydney
The Queen Victoria Building was designed in Romanesque style by George McRae and completed in 1898. The Royal Clock is one of two large clocks suspended from the top level of the building. Above the clock face is a miniature castle with towers and…
Royal Clock, Queen Victoria Building, Sydney
The Queen Victoria Building was designed in Romanesque style by George McRae and completed in 1898. The Royal Clock is one of two large clocks suspended from the top level of the building. Above the clock face is a miniature castle with towers and…
St Andrew’s Congregational Church, Balmain, Sydney.
St Andrew’s Congregational Church, is on Darling Street in the Sydney suburb of Balmain. Designed by architects Goold and Field, the church was completed in 1855 and was built with local stone in the Decorated Gothic style. The exterior…
Decorated Gothic Window: Brunswick Uniting Church, Victoria
A close-up view of the decorated gothic window and bold corner quoins on the west facade of the Brunswick Uniting Church, located on Sydney Road in Brunswick, Melbourne. The Brunswick Uniting Church is unusual because two churches stand on the same…
Priest House, Mullewa
The Priest House is in the small rural Western Australian town of Mullewa was designed by Monsignor John Cyril Hawes as his personal accommodation. The stone house was built in 1929-1930 after the adjacent church of Our Lady of Mt Carmel and Sts…
Neo-gothic spire: Brunswick Uniting Church, Victoria
A close-up of the contrasting light and dark brickwork used in the construction of the spire for one of the buildings comprising the Brunswick Uniting Church, which is located on Sydney Road in Brunswick, Melbourne. The Brunswick Uniting Church is…