Church of the Apostles Altar, Launceston, Tasmania
Altar, Catholic, Church of the Apostles, column, finials, Gothic, Gothic Revival, lancet window, Launceston, Alexander North, pointed arch, spire, stained glass, Tas, Tasmania, tracery, Bishop Willson, Robert William Willson.
<p>This elaborate altar is in the Catholic Church of the Apostles is in the Tasmanian city of Launceston. The foundation stone was laid in 1864 by Tasmania’s first catholic Bishop, Robert William Willson (1794-1866). The altar is in the sanctuary designed by Alexander North (1858-1945) and built in 1886. The altar is topped by a spire and is in the Gothic style, with prominent decorated pointed arches, columns, and finials. Behind the altar are the two stained glass east windows, both of which consist of two lancet windows and tracery, with additional glass above.</p>
<p>For the interior see <a href="http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1204">http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1204</a></p>
<p>For the exterior see <a href="http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1202">http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1202</a></p>
McLeod, Shane
November 18, 2012
No Copyright
<p><a href="http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1202">http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1202</a></p>
<p><a href="http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1204">http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1204</a></p>
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Church of the Apostles interior, Launceston, Tasmania
Catholic, Church of the Apostles, column, Gothic, Gothic Revival, lancet window, Launceston, Cardinal Moran, Patrick Francis Moran, Alexander North, pointed arch, stained glass, Tas, Tasmania, tracery, Bishop Willson, Robert William Willson.
<p>The Catholic Church of the Apostles is in the Tasmanian city of Launceston. The foundation stone was laid in 1864 by Tasmania’s first catholic Bishop, Robert William Willson (1794-1866). The foundation stone for the tower and spire were laid by Cardinal Patrick Francis Moran (1830-1911), Archbishop of Sydney, in 1889. The main church building was completed in 1866 and is made of dolerite with freestone dressing. Alexander North (1858-1945) designed the Sanctuary which was built in 1886. The decorated interior has a number of features common in Gothic and Gothic Revival churches including lancet windows with tracery and stained glass, columns supporting pointed arches with molding, and a large west window (between the pipe organs) with tracery and stained glass made up of four smaller lancet windows.</p>
<p>For the altar see <a href="http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1207">http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1207</a></p>
<p>For the exterior see <a href="http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1202">http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1202</a></p>
McLeod, Shane
November 18, 2012
No Copyright
<p><a href="http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1207">http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1207</a></p>
<p><a href="http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1202">http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1202</a></p>
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Church of the Apostles exterior, Launceston, Tasmania
Buttress, Catholic, Church of the Apostles, Gothic, Gothic Revival, lancet window, Launceston, Cardinal Moran, Patrick Francis Moran, pointed arch, spire, stained glass, Tas, Tasmania, tower, tracery, Bishop Willson, Robert William Willson.
<p>The Catholic Church of the Apostles is in the Tasmanian city of Launceston. The foundation stone was laid in 1864 by Tasmania’s first catholic Bishop, Robert William Willson (1794-1866). The foundation stone for the tower and spire were laid by Cardinal Patrick Francis Moran (1830-1911), Archbishop of Sydney, in 1889. The main church building was completed in 1866 and is made of dolerite with freestone dressing. It is in the Gothic Revival style with a square tower topped by a spire, lancet windows with tracery and stained glass, buttresses, and pointed arch doorways.</p>
<p>For the interior see <a href="http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1204">http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1204</a></p>
<p>For the altar see <a href="http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1207">http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1207</a></p>
McLeod, Shane
November 18, 2012
No Copyright
<p><a href="http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1204">http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1204</a></p>
<p><a href="http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1207">http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1207</a></p>
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‘Tasmanian Gothic’, Compass, ABC TV
ABC, alter cloths, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, baptismal font, Wendy Boynton, Catholic, chalice linen, church, Colebrook, Compass, cross, Geraldine Doogue, Gothic, Gothic Revival, headstone, monstrance, Oatlands, Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin, Pugin, Richmond, rood screen, Tas, Tasmania, Tasmanian Gothic, television, transcript, vestment, website, Bishop Willson, Robert William Willson.
<p>‘Tasmanian Gothic’ was an episode of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s Compass television programme presented by Geraldine Doogue. The story was researched by Wendy Boynton and aired on June 24, 2012 to celebrate the 200<sup>th</sup> anniversary of the birth of English architect and designer Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin (1812-1852), one of the main instigators of the Gothic Revival. Although he never visited Australia some consider the best examples of Pugin’s work to be in Tasmania, in part due to their preservation. When his friend Robert William Willson (1794-1866) was chosen as Tasmania’s first Catholic Bishop, Pugin provided him with the materials necessary to establish his diocese. These items, including scale models for three churches, were taken by Willson by ship from England to Hobart in 1844. Pugin artefacts in Tasmania include alter cloths, baptismal fonts, chalice linens, crosses, rood screens, headstones, vestments, and a monstrance (a vessel to hold the communion host, first used in the medieval period), the churches at Oatlands and Colebrook, and elements of the church at Richmond. The programme also deals with Pugin’s lasting legacy, including the enduring notion that Gothic style architecture is the most appropriate for ecclesiastical architecture. </p>
<p>For the episode transcript see <a href="http://www.abc.net.au/compass/s3510122.htm">http://www.abc.net.au/compass/s3510122.htm</a></p>
<p>For the Pugin churches see <a href="http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1104">http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1104</a></p>
<p><a href="http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/951">http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/951</a></p>
<p><a href="http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1117">http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1117</a></p>
<p><a href="http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1119">http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1119</a></p>
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation
June 24, 2012
Boynton, Wendy (researcher)
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
<a href="http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1104">http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1104</a>
<p><a href="http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/951">http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/951</a></p>
<p><a href="http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1117">http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1117</a></p>
<p><a href="http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1119">http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1119</a></p>
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St Joseph’s Catholic Church exterior, Hobart, Tasmania
Buttress, Catholic, convict, crenellation, finial, Gothic, Hobart, lancet windows, parapet, pointed arch, Tas, Tasmania, John Joseph Therry, Alexander Thompson, tower, Robert William Willson, Bishop Willson.
<p>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. The tower was completed in 1843 and a side chapel added in 1877. It was the principal Catholic church in Tasmania until St Mary’s Cathedral was completed in 1866, so Tasmania’s first Catholic bishop, Robert William Willson (1794-1866), was installed there when he arrived from England in 1844. The church was designed by ex-convict Alexander Thompson (1805-1860), and it was built using convict labour. It is in the Gothic Revival style with pointed arch windows and doorways, buttresses, a crenelated parapet on top of the tower, lancet windows, and pointed corner finials on the tower and the side of the church.</p>
<p>For the interior see <a href="http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1129" target="_self">http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1129</a> </p>
<p>For more on St Joseph’s see <a href="http://www.passionistshobart.org.au/">http://www.passionistshobart.org.au/</a></p>
McLeod, Shane
October 6, 2012
No Copyright
<a href="http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1129" target="_self">http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1129</a>
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