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St Patrick’s Seminary, Manly, Sydney.
St Patrick’s Seminary on Darley Street in the Sydney suburb of Manly was designed by Sherin and Shennessy and it opened as a Catholic seminary in 1889. The four-storey stone building is in Gothic style with a high Norman (Romanesque) tower…
KFC Store, George Street, Sydney
This photograph shows the KFC store on George Street in central Sydney. The store, previously a bank, is in the Victorian Romanesque style, and features semi-circular arched windows, moulded brick, and carved stone. The Romanesque style was popular…
Colonial Mutual Life Building, Hobart, Tasmania
The Colonial Mutual Life Building in Hobart, Tasmania, was designed by Sydney architects Hennesy & Hennesy and completed in 1936. It is in the Stripped Classical style with Art Deco elements, whilst the sculptural embellishments are reminiscent of…
St George Bank
St George Bank was formed in Sydney, New South Wales, in 1937 and is now a subsidiary of Westpac Banking Corporation. Despite its name, the logo of the bank fails to depict St George himself, but instead has a stylised head of a fire-breathing…
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Blacktown Medieval Fayre
This online newspaper article by Ben McClellan appeared in the Blacktown Advocate on May 21, 2012. It reports on the recent Blacktown (western Sydney) Medieval Fayre. According to the article, the Fayre featured medieval-themed stalls, demonstrations…
Grace Building, Sydney
These two photographs are of the corner tower of the neo-Gothic Grace Building on York Street in central Sydney. The building was built for the Grace Brothers department store in 1930 and was designed by Morrow and Gordon. The corner tower in…
Saint Andrew's Congregational Church, Balmain, Sydney
St Andrew’s Congregational Church, is on Darling Street in the Sydney suburb of Balmain. Designed by architects Goold and Field, the church was completed in 1855 and was built with local stone in the Decorated Gothic style. The elaborate…
Ceiling of St. Andrew's Congregational Church, Balmain, Sydney
St Andrew’s Congregational Church, is on Darling Street in the Sydney suburb of Balmain. Designed by architects Goold and Field, the church was completed in 1855 and was built with local stone in the Decorated Gothic style. The elaborate…