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King Working-Man
This illustration portrays the great fear of the establishment in the late nineteenth century in Australia, an organised workforce. Union organisation and affiliation and the strengthening of fraternities and friendly societies appeared to create a…
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…
Kent International Movers Logo
The logo of the Australian company Kent International Movers features a winged dragon. Dragons are found in numerous medieval stories, on artefacts, and as a heraldic device where it evoked courage and nobility. The current flag of Wales/Cymru…
Keith Sydney Isles memorial window, St David’s Cathedral, Hobart, Tasmania
The Keith Sydney Isles (1902-1977) memorial window is in St David’s Anglican Cathedral, Hobart. The window is made up of three lancet windows with a figure in each. The figure in the tall central window is a knight in late medieval armour and…
Tags: Anglican, Armour, Celtic cross, helmet, heraldry, Keith Sydney Isles, knight, lancet window, memorial, shield, spear, stained glass, Tas, tower.
Juxtapositions: St. George's Cathedral and the Perth CBD, Three Images.
A collection of still, colour images which juxtapose St. George's Cathedral and the Perth CBD.
Jubilee Grant
In this article, the author debates how £5000 earmarked for a Queen’s Jubilee commemoration by the WA Legislative Council could be best spent. The author begins by outlining the three suggestions that had been put forward, namely the…
Tags: “medieval-ismâ€, Benevolent Asylum, celebration, civilisation, colony, commemoration, criminal class, gala, improvement, indigent, Jubilee, Legislative Council, literacy, literature, medieval past, medievalism, modernity, poor house, print, progress, public library, Queen Victoria, reading, reading practices, reformatory, Victorian era, Western Australia
Jubilee Building, Perth, Western Australia
One of two photographs of the Jubilee Building that now acts as a wing of the Western Australian Museum – Perth. The brick and stone building was designed by Government architect George Temple-Poole and opened in 1897, originally housing the…
Jubilee Building, Perth
One of two photographs of the Jubilee Building that now acts as a wing of the Western Australian Museum – Perth. The brick and stone building was designed by Government architect George Temple-Poole and opened in 1897, originally housing the WA…