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Doorway Detail: St Peter’s Cathedral, Adelaide
A close-up of the detailed stonework surrounding a doorway at St Peter’s Cathedral in Adelaide, South Australia. Construction of this Victorian Gothic style Cathedral began in 1869. Its gothic features include lancet arches, blind arcading and…
Detail of Tympanum, St Peter’s Cathedral, Adelaide
A close-up view of the decorative blind tracery on the tympanum of the main entrance doorway at St Peter’s Cathedral in Adelaide, South Australia. Ornate and detailed tracery was a common feature of gothic architecture.
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St Peter’s Cathedral, Adelaide: A side view
A side view of St Peter’s Cathedral in Adelaide, South Australia. Construction of this Victorian Gothic style Cathedral began in 1869. Gothic features of the Cathedral’s architecture include the lancet windows, the blind arcading and…
St Peter’s Cathedral, Adelaide
A view of St Peter’s Cathedral in Adelaide, South Australia. Construction of this Victorian Gothic style Cathedral began in 1869. The front of the Cathedral is believed to have been modelled on the church of St Jean-Baptiste de Belleville in…
Rose Window, St Peter’s Cathedral, Adelaide.
A close-up image of the rose window on the front facade of St Peter’s Cathedral in Adelaide, South Australia. The front of the Cathedral is believed to have been modelled on the church of St Jean-Baptiste de Belleville in Paris, while the lower…
On the Viking Trail
A travel report on page 4 of the Adelaide newspaper The Mail, on January 11, 1936. The report was written by artist and aviator Jeune Scott-Kemball who, with her mother, became the first South Australian women to visit Iceland. Despite its title, the…
Viking Memories
A review of the film The Viking on page 14 of the Adelaide newspaper ‘The Advertiser’ on October 17, 1929. The film was about Lief Eriksson, or Leif the Lucky, the leader of possibly the first group of Europeans to reach North America.…
Beehive Corner, Adelaide
A view of Beehive Corner at the Western end of Rundle Mall in Adelaide, South Australia. This historic corner site was originally owned by John Rundle and has been known as ‘Beehive Corner’ since the 1840s. The Federation Gothic style…