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St James of Jerusalem Church, Colebrook, Tasmania

St James of Jerusalem Anglican Church is in the village of Colebrook, Tasmania. The sandstone building was built in 1884 in the Gothic Revival style with pointed arch doorways, a bellcote, and lancet windows. Jerusalem is the former name of…

Tags: Anglican, bellcote, Colebrook, Gothic, Gothic Revival, Jerusalem, lancet windows, pointed arch, St James of Jerusalem Church, Tas, Tasmania.

St Barnabas Church, Scottsdale, Tasmania

St Barnabas Church is in the town of Scottsdale, Tasmania. The weatherboard building was built as a Church of England (now Anglican) church in 1892. The church is in the Gothic Revival style with a steeply pitched roof, porch, small spire, and an…

Tags: Anglican, Apse, Church of England, Gothic, Gothic Revival, porch, Scottsdale, spire, St Barnabas Church, Tas, Tasmania.

â€˜Afternoon in Chartres Cathedralâ€™ by Salvatore Zofrea

This woodblock print, from Salvatore Zofrea’s Appassionata collection, was gifted to the Art Gallery of New South Wales by the Italian-Australian artist in 2002. Depicting a scene in Chartres Cathedral, it features the gothic arches, vaulted…

Tags: Appassionata, architecture, art, Art gallery of New South Wales, Cathedral, Catholicism, Chartres Cathedral, church interior, ecclesiastical building, France, French Gothic, gothic architecture, print, Salvatore Zofrea (b.1946), stained glass, window

â€˜Home-made medieval war machine goes off with a bangâ€™

This online article by Carol Raabus was posted in 2009 on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s Hobart page. It is about local man Doug Pattison and his re-creation of siege engines. He has built a trebuchet, first used in the twelfth…

Tags: ABC, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, ballista, Carol Raabus, counterweight trebuchet, crossbow, Doug Pattison, Hobart, performance, re-creation, siege, siege engine, Tas, Tasmania, trebuchet, war, website.

Carr Villa Memorial Park Entrance Chapel, Launceston, Tasmania

Carr Villa Memorial Park is the largest cemetery in the Tasmanian city of Launceston. It features an impressive Entrance Chapel built in 1938 in the Gothic Revival style. The red brick building has pointed arch doorways and windows, buttresses, and…

Tags: buttress, Carr Villa Memorial Park, cemetery, chapel, entrance, Gothic, Gothic Revival, lancet windows, Launceston, pointed arch, spire, Tas, Tasmania, tower, vaulted ceiling.

Knight Statue at Kryal Castle

An image of an English knight statue at Kryal Castle in Ballarat.

About Kryal Castle:
Kryal Castle is a tourist attraction located 8km from Ballarat in Victoria. Described as â€˜Australiaâ€™s unique medieval castleâ€™, Kryal Castle…

Tags: Ballarat, battlements, castle, crenelation, drawbridge, entertainment, figure, functions, gate, Keith Ryall, knight, knighthood, knights, Kryal Castle, leisure, Melbourne, moat, porticullis, re-creation, recreation, statue, tourism, tower, Vic, Victoria

Fighting Demonstration at the Balingup Medieval Carnivale, 2012

A photograph of a medieval-style combat demonstration at the Balingup Medieval Carnivale, 2012.

Tags: Armour, Balingup, Balingup Medieval Carnivale, battle, carnival, carnivale, chivalry, combat, demonstration, display, Donnybrook, fair, fayre, festival, fight, fighting, knight, knighthood, knights, medieval, Perth, re-creation, recreation, Shire of Donnybrook-Balingup, sword, swords, tournament, WA, weaponry, weapons, Western Australia

Straw Dragon Alight at Balingup Medieval Carnivale

A photograph of the winged straw dragon in the combat arena of the Balingup Medieval Carnivale (2012). The dragon was set on fire in the Burning the Dragon ceremony which marked the end of the Carnivaleâ€™s first day.

Tags: 2012, Balingup, Balingup Medieval Carnivale, carnival, carnivale, ceremony, dragon, fair, fayre, recreation, Shire of Donnybrook-Balingup, South-West WA, WA, Western Australia

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