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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.…
Norman baptismal font, St Mary’s Cathedral, Hobart, Tasmania
Repair work on St Mary’s Catholic Cathedral, Hobart, in 2008 brought to light the possibility that a baptismal font in the Cathedral may be from the medieval Norman period. The cylindrical font has elaborately carved columns and Romanesque…
St Mary’s Cathedral exterior, Hobart, Tasmania
The building of St Mary’s Catholic Cathedral, Hobart, Tasmania, was instigated by Tasmania’s first Catholic bishop, Robert William Willson (1794-1866). The building was designed by William Wardell and built between 1860 and 1866,…
St Mary’s Cathedral interior, Hobart, Tasmania
The building of St Mary’s Catholic Cathedral, Hobart, Tasmania, was instigated by Tasmania’s first Catholic bishop, Robert William Willson (1794-1866). The building was designed by William Wardell and built between 1860 and 1866,…
St Patrick’s Church, Colebrook, Tasmania
St Patrick’s Catholic Church is in the village of Colebrook, Tasmania. The sandstone building was built in 1855-7 under the supervision of architect Frederick Thomas from a detailed scale model made by the English architect Augustus Welby…
St John the Evangelist’s Church exterior, 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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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…
Tags: Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin, baptismal font, Bishop Willson., Brian Andrews, Catholic, font, Frederick Thomas, Gothic, Gothic Revival, Henry Edmund Goodridge, John Bede Polding, lancet windows, pointed arch, Pugin, Richmond, Robert William Willson, St John the Evangelist’s Church, Tas, Tasmania, tiles, tracery