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The Card Castle, Launceston, Tasmania
The Card Castle is a card and gift shop in the Old Brisbane Arcade in the Tasmanian city of Launceston. The two signs for the store feature a castle. Whilst one provides merely the outline of a castle wall and tower with crenelated parapets, the…
Tags: advertising, castle, crenellation, draw-bridge, Launceston, moat, Old Brisbane Arcade, parapet, pointed arch, shop, sign, Tas, Tasmania, The Card Castle, tower.
59 Cameron Street, Launceston, Tasmania
This building at 59 Cameron Street in the Tasmanian city of Launceston was formally occupied by the landscape artist Frederick Strange (1807-1873) in the mid nineteenth century, and later became the headquarters of the Launceston Equitable Building…
Newcastle Knights rugby league club
The Newcastle Knights are a team in Australasia’s National Rugby League based in the New South Wales city of Newcastle. They joined the competition in 1988. The logo for the club is a side profile of the helmet of a medieval knight. The helmet…
Tags: Blackletter, Gothic script, helmet, knight, logo, National Rugby League, New South Wales, Newcastle, Newcastle Knights, NRL, NSW, plume, rugby, rugby league, visor.
Pigeon Tower, near Cressy, Tasmania
This pigeon tower, or dovecote, is located on the banks of Macquarie River on a property owned by Burlington Farming Pty Ltd near the northern Tasmanian town of Cressy. The tower was originally part of the adjoining Panshanger Estate and was built in…
Fortress Risk Insurance Services, Launceston, Tasmania
Fortress Risk Insurance Services are based in the Tasmanian city of Launceston and were established in 2011. The logo for the company, as seen in the photograph, is the outline of part of a medieval fortress. It gives the appearance of a castle tower…
Tags: castle, crenellation, fortress, Fortress Risk Insurance Services, insurance, Launceston, logo, parapet, sign, Tas, Tasmania, tower.
‘Celtic’ Cross, Longford, Tasmania
This memorial cross can be found in the churchyard of Christ Church in Longford. It is a ring-headed ‘Celtic’ style cross. The 1899 cross commemorates James Appleyard who designed the churchyard and planted its trees. Free-standing…
Tags: Celtic, Celtic cross, Christ Church, churchyard, James Appleyard, Longford, memorial, Tas, Tasmania.
Perth Mint, Perth, Western Australia
The administration building of Perth Mint was designed by George Temple Poole in the Federation Romanesque style, most evident in the use of semi-circular arches for the windows and entrances. The foundation stone was laid by Sir John Forest, the…
Christ Church, Longford, Tasmania
Christ Church is in the centre of the Tasmanian town of Longford and was designed by Launceston-based architect Robert de Little. The Anglican church was built between 1839 and 1844, with the crenellation on the tower added in 1960 (the tower was…