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Flinders Street Station, Melbourne

A view of Flinders Street Station, located at the intersection of Flinders Street and Swanston Street in Melbourne’s CBD. Flinders Street station was designed by architects James Fawcett and HCP Ashworth, who won a competition to re-design the…

Pugin Foundation

The Pugin Foundation is a not for profit organisation based in Victoria. Their website is devoted to the works of English architect August Welby Northmore Pugin (1812-1852). The website has a particular focus on the Pugin-designed churches built in…

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Jousting at Kryal Castle, Ballarat

An image of a Kryal Castle knight preparing for a Jousting display at Kryal Castle in Ballarat, Victoria. Jousting was a popular medieval and Renaissance sport from the thirteenth century, and is often associated with the chivalric ideal.

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Kryal Castle Wall

An image of the wall and gate surrounding Kryal Castle. A tourist attraction located 8km from Ballarat in Victoria, Kryal Castle was built in 1972 (opened in 1974) by Keith Ryall.

Described as â€˜Australiaâ€™s unique medieval…

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Kryal Castle Wall & Gate

An image of the wall and gate surrounding Kryal Castle. A tourist attraction located 8km from Ballarat in Victoria, Kryal Castle was built in 1972 (opened in 1974) by Keith Ryall.

Described as â€˜Australiaâ€™s unique medieval…

Tags: Ballarat, battlements, castle, crenelation, drawbridge, entertainment, functions, gate, Keith Ryall, Kryal Castle, leisure, Melbourne, moat, porticullis, re-creation, recreation, tourism, tower, towers, Vic, Victoria, wall

One-Man Tank: â€œMedieval Knightâ€

This article in the Melbourne newspaper The Argus in 1926 describes the invention of a one-man tank. The report is based on photographs published in the London newspaper the Daily Telegraph. It describes the tank as reintroducing ‘the medieval…

Tags: Armour, Daily Telegraph, knight, Melbourne, sword, tank, The Argus, Vic, Victoria, warfare

Kryal Castle Tower

An image of a tower at Kryal Castle. A tourist attraction located 8km from Ballarat in Victoria, Kryal Castle was built in 1972 (opened in 1974) by Keith Ryall.

Described as â€˜Australiaâ€™s unique medieval castleâ€™, Kryal Castle…

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

Kryal Castle Jousting Display

An image of a person jousting at Kryal Castle in Ballarat. Jousting was a popular medieval and Renaissance sport from the thirteenth century, and is often associated with the chivalric ideal.

About Kryal Castle:

Located 8km from Ballarat in…

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