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Congregational Church, Richmond, Tasmania
This Congregational Church is in the town of Richmond, Tasmania. It was built in 1873 after the previous church, built in 1844, was damaged in a storm. The sandstone building is in the Gothic Revival style with buttresses, and a pointed arch doorway…
‘Living by the sword’
The anonymous online article ‘Living by the sword’ appears in volume 4 of the Leatherwood Online – Tasmania’s Journal of Discovery website and was posted in June/July 2007. It is about professional swordsman Stephen Hand of…
St Joseph’s Catholic Church interior, Hobart, Tasmania
St Joseph’s Catholic Church is on the corner of MacQuarie and Harrington Streets in Hobart,Tasmania. The foundation stone for the sandstone church was laid in 1840 and it was opened by Fr. John Joseph Therry (1790-1864) on Christmas day, 1841.…
Evandale Village Singers present Henry Purcell’s ‘King Arthur’
This poster advertises two performances of Henry Purcell’s ‘King Arthur’ by the Evandale Village Singers in late October 2012 at St Andrew’s Anglican Church in Evandale. Henry Purcell’s ‘King Arthur’ is a…
St Joseph’s Catholic Church exterior, Hobart, Tasmania
St Joseph’s Catholic Church is on the corner of MacQuarie and Harrington Streets in Hobart, Tasmania. The foundation stone for the sandstone church was laid in 1840 and it was opened by Fr. John Joseph Therry (1790-1864) on Christmas day, 1841.…
St Luke the Physician’s Church exterior, Richmond, Tasmania
St Luke the Physician’s Anglican Church is in the town of Richmond, Tasmania. The sandstone building was designed by architect John Lee Archer and built by convict labour. It was completed in 1836 and consecrated by Bishop Broughton in 1838.…
Kodak House, Hobart, Tasmania
Kodak House is in the Elizabeth Street mall in central Hobart. The top of the narrow five storey building has two narrow ‘towers’ on each end with a crenelated parapet running between them. In the centre is a shield bearing a…
St John the Evangelist’s Church interior, Richmond, Tasmania
St John the Evangelist’s Church is in the village of Richmond, Tasmania, and is the oldest continuously used Catholic church in Australia. The present building is an amalgam of two designs. The earliest building was designed by the English…
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