architecture, gothic, gothic revival, neo-gothic, gothic architecture, gothic building, gothic buildings, engraving, monument, monuments, Adelaide, tourism, early tourism, Colonel Light's monument, SA, South Australia, Victoria Square
A page of engravings depicting notable landmarks and monuments in Adelaide at the end of the nineteenth century. One notices a strong gothic influence in the appearance of Colonel Light's monument and some of the buildings in Victoria Square.
The Great Hall of the Exhibition on the 1st of August
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Engraving in the Illustrated Australian News of the Great Hall as it appeared during the exhibition of 1888.
University of Melbourne, university, Melbourne, Queen's College, gothic architecture, gothic revival, neo-gothic, gothic, architecture, architect, gothic building, W.A. Quick, E.H. Sugden
An engraving depicting the then new appearance of Queen's College at the University of Melbourne in 1888. Either side of the gothic style building are the portraits of the architects, Rev. W.A. Quick and E.H. Sugden.
dress, fashion, Karrakatta Club, medieval lines, Marjorie Christie, Norman J. Henry, Rev. George Tulloch, satin gown, St. Andrewâ€™s Presbyterian Church, wedding, wedding dress, vogue, medieval dress, medieval style
This article from the wedding column of the Western Mail gives an account of the wedding of Marjorie Christie and Norman J. Henry at St Andrew’s Presbyterian Church in Perth, Western Australia, on 15 July 1933. The bride’s dress is described as “a lovely gown of satin cut on medieval lines, with long fitting sleeves.” Pink and silver flowers decorated the corsage and train of the dress, matching the pink velvet dresses and silver and pink turbans worn by the bridesmaids. The wedding reception was held at the Karrakatta Club.
The Chateau Tahbilk Vineyard Company's Exhibit at the 1888 Exhibition
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Engraving in The Illustrated Australian News of the Chateau Tahbilk Vineyard's exhibit at the 1888 Great Hall Exhibition. The exhibit was made to look like with a medieval-style tower, complete with crenellation.
The Johnston Memorial Congregational Church
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This article describes the colourful redecoration of the interior of the Johnston Memorial Church in Fremantle in 1897. The predominant colours are listed as green, salmon, citron, terracotta, Persian red and cream. Among the features described in more detail are a frieze under the ceiling line â€˜with a foliated design introducing quartrefoils and Maltese crossesâ€™, a deep red dado with a medieval acanthus scroll painted in cream, and gold dog roses against a cardinal red background interspersed at regular intervals. The terracotta and cream design painted onto the green balcony is described as â€˜Gothicâ€™, and behind the rostrum â€˜is a Gothic canopy in deeper tones of colour, with a gold diapered pattern in deep blue, forming a background to the preacherâ€™. The decorations were designed and carried out by J. Ross Anderson, who was also noted for his decoration of the Wesley Church in Perth. The Johnston Memorial Church was completed in 1877 and was originally named the Congregational Church. It was later renamed in honour of long-serving congregational minister, Joseph Johnston (1814-1892).
Notes from The Doctorâ€™s Diary: Winter Dressing
Anecdote, appendicitis, cat-gut, clothing, corset, diary, doctor, goitre, GP, health, medicine, medieval England, medieval health, medieval population, patient, physician, psychiatrist, psychiatric medicine, â€œPunchâ€, silkworm-gut, stitches, winter
In this Western Mail column, a GP provides anecdotes from his consultations with patients. These include a man concerned about winter chills, a man whose father was either poisoned or died from appendicitis, a woman concerned about goitres and a patient to whom the doctor explained the difference between cat-gut and silkworm-gut stitches. At the end of the article is a section titled â€œMedieval Health, from this weekâ€™s readingâ€. Following two notes about the injurious historical practice of binding womenâ€™s waists and eighteenth-century corsets, this section contains the following curious comment about the perceived absence of psychiatric medicine in medieval England: â€œAs â€˜Punchâ€™ points out, â€˜The reason that there were no psychiatrists in medieval England is that the country was only sparsely inhabitedâ€™â€.
Trades and Industrial Hall and Literary Institute Association of Sydneyâ€™s Illuminated Address presented to Thomas Bavister, 1906.
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An illuminated address presented to Thomas Bavister, trade unionist and politician, by the Trades and Industrial Hall and Literary Institute Association of Sydney to recognise his service to the association. Illuminated addresses were a popular way to commemorate events or committed service in the late Victorian period. The address reads â€œPresented to Thomas Bavister, Esq. In recognition of his services as chairman of the above association from February 9th 1906 to August 8th 1906â€ and is signed by the serving Chairman and Secretary. It is surrounded by watercolour drawings depicting a male worker (possibly a carpenter) with his tools on the left, and insets of Sydney Heads, Trades Hall, and a Literary Institute building. It is also decorated with drawings of native flowers such as wattle, flannel flowers and Christmas Bells.
Picture Australia/State Library of New South Wales
Trades and Industrial Hall and Literary Institute Association of Sydney