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Anniversary of the Establishment of the Eight Hour Day

A wood engraving by an artist for the Victorian Millers' Union which commemorates the 35th anniversary of the establishment of the eight hour working day in Victoria. Some historians consider trade unions to be the successors of medieval guilds.

Tags: Amalgamated Millers Union of Victoria, anniversary, banner, Eight Hour Day, Elizabethan Tableau, engraving, labour, Labour Day, Millers Union, sketch, Tobannonists Tableau, Trade Union, union, unionism, work, working class

Centennial International Exhibition Parade

An illustration of a street parade in Collins Street, Melbourne, drawn from the perspective of the Treasury Buildings. Crowds of spectators line the street to watch as a procession of horse-drawn floats and trade banners are paraded along Collins…

Design for the Town Hall, Brunswick

This engraving by Samuel Calvert appeared in The Illustrated Australian News on June 23, 1888. It shows the neo-gothic design for the Town Hall in the Melbourne suburb of Brunswick.

Tags: architect, architecture, Brunswick, Brunswick town hall, engraving, Gothic, gothic architecture, Gothic building, gothic buildings, Gothic Revival, Melbourne, neo-Gothic, Samuel Calvert, The Illustrated Australian News, Town Hall, Vic, Victoria

Illustration of St Paul's Church, Melbourne

Depiction of St Paul's Anglican Church, Melbourne. The architectural style is typical of the gothic revival style common in Britain and the British colonies throughout the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

Tags: Anglican, Anglican church, architecture, Church, engraving, engravings, F.A. Sleap, Gothic, gothic architecture, Gothic building, Gothic Revival, Melbourne, neo-Gothic, saint, Saint Paul, St Paul, St. Paul, Victoria

In and Around Adelaide

A page of engravings depicting notable landmarks and monuments in Adelaide at the end of the nineteenth century. One notices a strong gothic influence in the appearance of Colonel Light's monument and some of the buildings in Victoria Square.

Tags: Adelaide, architecture, Colonel Light's monument, engraving, Gothic, gothic architecture, Gothic building, gothic buildings, Gothic Revival, monument, monuments, neo-Gothic, SA, South Australia, Victoria Square

Melbourne's Centennial International Exhibition by Night

An image of the Royal Exhibition Building lit up at night during the Centennial International Exhibition in 1888, from the Illustrated Australian News. The Royal Exhibition Building was designed by architect Joseph Reed and completed in 1880. The…

Old Convict Church, Port Arthur, Tasmania

This atmospheric engraving from 1887 in The Illustrated Australian News depicts the gothic architectual style, including crenellation and turrets, of the 'Old Convict Church' at the penal settlement of Port Arthur in Tasmania.

Tags: architecture, Christian, Christianity, Church, convict, Convict Church, crenellation, engraving, Gothic, gothic architecture, Gothic Revival, neo-Gothic, Port Arthur, Tasmania, turrets

Preparing for the Exhibition â€“ Gilding the Dome (Illustration)

An illustration of painters gilding the dome of the Royal Exhibition Building in Melbourne. This task was undertaken in association with other contracted repainting and redecorating work in the lead-up to the 1888 Centennial International Exhibition.…

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