Browse Items (197 total)
- Tags: Tas
Sort by:
‘The Talisman’, Examiner, Tasmania
‘The Talisman’ is an article by Robert Power published in 1924 in the ‘Two Minute Talks’ section of the Launceston newspaper the Examiner. The article is about the importance of putting ones faith in God rather than…
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
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…
Tags: Alexander North, Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin, Bishop Willson., Brian Andrews, buttress, Catholic, Frederick Thomas, Gothic, Gothic Revival, Henry Edmund Goodridge, John Bede Polding, lancet windows, pointed arch, porch, Pugin, Richmond, Robert William Willson, Rod Cooper, spire, St John the Evangelist’s Church, Tas, Tasmania, tracery, turret
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…
Australian Mutual Provident Society building, Launceston, Tasmania
This Australian Mutual Provident Society building is in the centre of the Tasmanian city of Launceston. It was designed by local architects Lesley Gordon Corrie (1859-1918) and Alexander North (1858-1945) and built by J. and T. Gunn. It opened in…
Launceston Church Grammar School, Mowbray Campus, Tasmania
The Mowbray campus of the Launceston Church Grammar School in Launceston, Tasmanian, has a number of buildings of different eras with medieval features. These include the administration building whose foundation stone was laid by Prime Minister…
St Matthew’s Catholic Church, Pontville, Tasmania
St Matthew’s Roman Catholic Church is in the small Tasmanian town of Pontville. The sandstone church originally opened in 1876 but it has rebuilt in 1928 following a fire the previous year. It is in the Gothic Revival style with buttresses,…
Launceston Post Office interior, Launceston, Tasmania
The Launceston Post Office is in the centre of the Tasmanian city of Launceston, and is one of four Heritage Property Showcase buildings of Australia Post for 2012. It was designed by architect William W. Eldridge (1850-1933) in 1885 with some…