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Preparing for the Exhibition â€“ Gilding the Dome

In this article, an update is provided on repainting work being carried out at the Exhibition Building in Melbourne in the lead up to the 1888 Centennial International Exhibition. The most difficult task being undertaken as part of this redecoration,…

Preparing for the Exhibition â€“ Gilding the Dome (Illustration)

An illustration of painters gilding the dome of the Royal Exhibition Building in Melbourne. This task was undertaken in association with other contracted repainting and redecorating work in the lead-up to the 1888 Centennial International Exhibition.…

Illustration of St Paul's Church, Melbourne

Depiction of St Paul's Anglican Church, Melbourne. The architectural style is typical of the gothic revival style common in Britain and the British colonies throughout the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

Tags: Anglican, Anglican church, architecture, Church, engraving, engravings, F.A. Sleap, Gothic, gothic architecture, Gothic building, Gothic Revival, Melbourne, neo-Gothic, saint, Saint Paul, St Paul, St. Paul, Victoria

A Visit to the Deaf and Dumb Asylum, St. Kilda Road

A link to an engraving taken from The Illustrated Australian News depicting the gothic architectural design of the 'Deaf and Dumb Asylum'. The building, now the Victorian College for the Deaf, is on St Kilda Road in the Melbourne suburb of Prahran.…

Tags: architecture, asylum, blue-stone, Gothic, gothic architecture, Gothic Revival, gothic style, lancet window, Melbourne, neo-Gothic, Prahran, Saint Kilda, spire, St Kilda, tower, turret, Vic, Victoria

One-Man Tank, â€˜Medieval Knightâ€™

Argus 1926 Thurs 1 April One-Man Tank Medieval Knight.pdf

Royal Engineer, Maj. Martel, invented a one-man tank that replicates the medieval knight in armour, with the addition of â€˜caterpillar track legsâ€™ and a â€˜petrol engined heartâ€™. The contraption is fashioned from car parts…

Tags: agricultural equipment, knight, knights, Martel Tank, medieval knight, medieval warfare, modern warfare, new weaponry, one-man tanks, war, warfare, weapon, weaponry

St Johnâ€™s Lutheran Church, Perth, Western Australia

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St Johnâ€™s Lutheran Church in Perth, Western Australia. Built in 1936, St Johnâ€™s was the first Lutheran Church in Perth. It was designed by architect Richard Spanney and is an example of Inter-War Gothic architecture. The church is…

Livery Buttons Leading Families of New South Wales

Livery and its insignia were integral to medieval culture; their bestowal and wearing marked allegiance and identification to particular lords, factions or beliefs. As late as the early fifteenth century, regular livery awards at Christmas or Easter…

Tags: clothing, clothing imports, crests, heraldry, James McEvoy, livery, Medieval Allegiance, New South Wales, NSW

May

May_Western Mail_9 May 1946_p3s.pdf

In this article from the Western Mail, the author relates details of the historical customs and festivities associated with the month of May. The article begins by describing the medieval tradition of â€˜a-mayingâ€™ and merrymaking on the…

Tags: celebration, custom, dancing, festivities, James II (r.1685-1688), Maia, May, May Day, maypole, medieval custom, medieval festivities, medieval procession, merrymaking, public holiday, puritans, Restoration, Roman, Romans

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