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Members of the Renaissance players on the steps of the Gothic Style buildings of the University of Sydney.

This photograph shows members of the musical group The Renaissance Players on the steps of a building in Gothic style at the University of Sydney. The photograph was taken in 1974 by Alex Ozolins for the Australian Information Service. Although…

"Australian War Memorial: Largest Stone Building in the Southern Hemisphere."

Australian War memorial_Canberra Times_15 July 1941_p2.pdf

This article from The Canberra Times in 1941 provides an update on the building of the Australian War Memorial in Canberra. Construction had begun in 1937, and the Memorial was set to be the largest stone building in the southern hemisphere. A…

Tags: ACT, architecture, Australian Capital Territory, Australian War Memorial, Canberra, Cloisters, Court of Honour, gargoyles, Hall of Memory, loggia, medieval architecture, memorial, monument, sandstone, stone building, tower, war, war memorial

"Harder than Steel"

This article from the Canberra Times discusses changing methods of sculpting designs into stone. It distinguishes between recent methods (in 1930) in which designs were modelled onto clay and then copied onto stone or marble by masons, and older…

Tags: architecture, carving, clay, Daily Telegraph building, Fleet Street, gargoyles, London, mason, masonry, medieval cathedrals, medieval methods, modelling, stone, stonework.

University of Sydney: Carving the Gargoyles

This black and white photograph held by the State Library of New South Wales dates from c.1859. Taken by John Smith during the construction of The University of Sydney, it depicts stone masons at work carving the gargoyles. This is taking place…

Tags: architecture, craftsmanship, decoration, gargoyle, gothic architecture, John Smith (1821-1885), neo-gothic architecture, New South Wales, NSW, sculptor, sculpture, stone building, stonemason, Sydney, university, university buildings, University of Sydney, water

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Members of the Renaissance players on the steps of the Gothic Style buildings of the University of Sydney.

"Australian War Memorial: Largest Stone Building in the Southern Hemisphere."

"Harder than Steel"

University of Sydney: Carving the Gargoyles

St. Andrew's Cathedral, Town Hall and Markets, George Street, Sydney, New South Wales

St. Andrew's Cathedral, Sydney, ca. 1895

Perth Town Hall

Chapel of St. Mary and St. George, Guildford