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  • Collection: Medievalism at the Foundations

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Image of the Red Castle Hotel (now Motor Inn) in the Perth suburb of Rivervale. The red brick building gains its name from a medieval castle-like tower with crenellation, arched windows and arrow slits.

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A view of the Redemptorist Church in North Perth, Western Australia. An entrance porch with decorative crenellations and a large traceried window containing five stained glass and lead light panels dominate the church’s appearance. The door is…

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An image of the Redemptorist Monastery in North Perth, Western Australia. This Federation Gothic Style Monastery and the adjoining church were designed by Michael and James Cavanagh in 1902 for the Redemptorist Order of the Catholic Church, which had…

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A view of the Redemptorist Monastery in North Perth, Western Australia. This Federation Gothic Style Monastery and the adjoining church were designed by Michael and James Cavanagh in 1902 for the Redemptorist Order of the Catholic Church, which had…

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Image of the Royal Exhibition Building and Carlton Gardens in Melbourne, Victoria. The Royal Exhibition Building was designed by architect Joseph Reed and completed in 1880. The round-arched architectural style of the design combines elements from…

This piece from the Art Gallery of New South Wales collection is one of 12 bronze sculptures cast from a plaster sculpture created by Rodin in 1885. The original ‘Second Maquette for the Burghers of Calais’ from which it was cast is…

In this article from the Australian Illustrated News, Joseph Edward Boehm’s statue of St George and the Dragon is lauded as “perhaps one of the finest examples in bronze that has ever appeared in the colony”. The statue, which…

The Term Blockhead_Sydney Morning Herald_9 August 1938_p7.pdf
This newspaper article from the Sydney Morning Herald dates the colloquialism ‘blockhead’ to the eighteenth century, when hats became popular and every man would have a block for his hat. The custom of tipping one’s hat as a…
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