Small Romanesque Arched Doorway, Former Magistrate’s Court, Melbourne
arch, architecture, building, capital, columns, Court of Petty Sessions, George B H Austin, hood moulding, law, law courts, magistrate, Magistrate’s Court, masonry, Melbourne, neo-Romanesque, Norman Revival, Public Works Department, RMIT, RMIT University, Romanesque architecture, Romanesque Revival, rounded arches, semi-circular arches, stonework, Supreme Court, Swanson Brothers, university, university buildings, Victoria
<p>An image of a small doorway on La Trobe Street to the former Magistrate’s Court Building in Melbourne’s CBD. The Former Magistrate’s Court Building is a three-storey building of French Romanesque design. The doorway is in the neo-Romanesque, Romanesque Revival, or Norman Revival architecture style. It features a deep-set semi-circular arched door and doorway with stone decorated hood moulding. The door is flanked by two small columns with decorated capitals. <br /> <br /> The Former Magistrate’s Court building was designed by Department of Public Works architect George H B Austin and built by the Swanson Brothers. It replaced a two-storey brick building on the site that previously housed the Supreme Court and then the Court of Petty Sessions. Construction of the new building began in 1911 and was completed in 1914. The Court of Petty Sessions, later renamed the Melbourne Magistrate’s court, operated from the building from 1914 until 1995. It is now owned by the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) and is used for lectures.</p>
For more see <a href="http://www.rmit.edu.au/about/heritage/bld20#history">http://www.rmit.edu.au/about/heritage/bld20#history</a>
McLeod, Shane
10 February 2013
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“Romanesque Arched Doorway, Former Magistrate’s Court, Melbourne,” <em>Medievalism in Australian Cultural Memory</em>, accessed March 10, 2013, <a href="http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/713">http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/713 </a><br /><br />
<div class="element-text">“Former Magistrate’s Court Building, Melbourne,” <em>Medievalism in Australian Cultural Memory</em>, accessed March 10, 2013, <a href="http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/761">http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/761</a><br /><br />“Front Facade, Former Melbourne Magistrate’s Court,” <em>Medievalism in Australian Cultural Memory</em>, accessed March 10, 2013, <a href="http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/734">http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/734</a></div>
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The Australasian Living History Federation (ALHF)
Australia, Australian, Australasian, living history, federation, recreation, re-creation, leisure, sport, reenactment, law, laws, legal, public liability, insurance
"The Australasian Living History Federation (ALHF) was established in 2002 to source and manage appropriate and affordable Public Liability insurance for Historical Reenactment societies and Living History groups across Australia.
As of September 2012, ALHF has 83 member groups of living history and historical reenactment societies and clubs. Member groups focus on different historical periods and locations from the Ancient Greeks through to Australians in the Second World War. There are over 1,500 individual members across Australia.
Aside from organising public liability insurance, ALHF also acts to represent members’ interests in areas such as legislation that affects reenactment activities, and to foster communication and cooperation amongst individuals and groups in the Australian living history community."
(Description sourced from the ALHF website link provided).
The ALHF offers advice and guidance to members, event organisers and the public on such things as performance and display safety, and the presentation of historical accuracy in our activities."
Australian Living History Federation
Australian Living History Federation
Website accessed 13/01/2013
ALHF
Website
English
Ancient Arts Fellowship Educational Sessions, Canberra
ACT, Alfred the Great, Ancient Arts Fellowship, Anglo-Saxon, armour, Australian Capital Territory, Canberra, clothing, costume, craft, Dark Ages, display, early medieval, education, language, law, monetary system, Norman, Old English, performance, re-creation, re-enactment, religion, school, school displays, society, Viking, website, William the Conqueror.
<p>Ancient Arts Fellowship, Inc. is a medieval re-enactment group based in Canberra in the Australian Capital Territory. They focus on the ‘Dark Ages’, or early medieval period, especially the 8<sup>th</sup> century through to the Norman invasion of England in 1066. Geographically the focus is on northern Europe and Britain, featuring such peoples as Anglo-Saxons, Normans, and Vikings. The group run educational classes for school groups from primary through to tertiary students. The sessions usually run for two hours and include a mixture of fighting and speaking. They have a number ‘Display Packages’ to choose from that focus on major figures such as Alfred the Great and William the Conqueror, and various aspects of society including crafts, clothing, the Old English language, religion, law, monetary systems, armour and weapons.</p>
<p>For their website see <a href="http://www.aaf.org.au/displays">http://www.aaf.org.au/displays</a></p>
Ancient Arts Fellowship, Inc
Ancient Arts Fellowship, Inc
<p><a href="http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1075" target="_self">http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1075</a></p>
<p><a href="http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1069" target="_self">http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1069</a></p>
Website
‘Alfred Was Great King’
Alfred the Great, Anglo-Saxon, Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, Charters Towers, Danes, education, England, King Alfred, law, literature, navy, The Northern Miner, Old English Chronicle, Qld, Queensland, Vikings, Wessex.
<p>‘Alfred Was Great King’ is an anonymous article that appeared in the Charters Towers, Queensland, newspaper <em>The Northern Miner</em> in 1954. The article is about the ninth-century Anglo-Saxon/English king Alfred of Wessex, or Alfred the Great. The article enthusiastically supports his title and discusses Alfred’s achievements – saving Wessex from Danish (Viking) invaders, laying the foundations for English law, beginning its naval tradition, and promoting education and prose literature. A lot of text is devoted to another of Alfred’s achievements, the establishment of the Old English Chronicle, now usually referred to as the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. It is described in the article as ‘the first great work in English prose’. </p>
<p>The article can be found at <a href="http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article81658763">http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article81658763</a> </p>
Anon.
The Northern Miner
February 6, 1954
Public Domain
Newspaper article; hyperlink
Danelaw Medieval Fighting Society, New South Wales
James Adams, Anglo-Saxon, archery, armour, axe-throwing, battle, catapult, Celt, Crusades, Danelaw, Danelaw Medieval Fighting Society, England, fort, knife-throwing, knight, law, Medieval Martial Arts Association of Southern Sydney, New South Wales, Norman, NSW, re-enactment, Saracen, siege engine, sword, tournament, trebuchet, Viking, website.
<p>Danelaw Medieval Fighting Society are a New South Wales re-enactment group who own The Danelaw, a 120 acre property in a pine forest between Sydney and Canberra that is used by re-enactment groups. The property includes a fort, axe- and knife-throwing areas, a tournament ring, as well as trebuchet’s, a type of catapult used in siege warfare from the twelfth century. The Danelaw Medieval Fighting Society were formed in the mid-1980s by James Adams as the Medieval Martial Arts Association of Southern Sydney. They adopted the current name in 2002. Members re-enact warfare methods with authentic costumes and weapons from throughout the medieval period, including such groups as Anglo-Saxons, Celts, Crusaders, Normans, Saracens, and the knights of the High Middle Ages. The property is named after the Danelaw of England, that part of England conquered and settled by the Vikings in the second half of the ninth century, and where aspects of ‘Danish’ law were used.</p>
<p>For their website see <a href="http://www.danelaw.org.au/home.htm">http://www.danelaw.org.au/home.htm</a></p>
Danelaw Medieval Fighting Society Inc
Danelaw Medieval Fighting Society Inc
Website
Former Magistrate’s Court Building, Melbourne
architecture, building, columns, Court of Petty Sessions, George B H Austin, hood moulding, law, law courts, magistrate, Magistrate’s Court, masonry, Melbourne, neo-romanesque, Norman Revival, Public Works Department, RMIT, Romanesque architecture, rounded arches, semi-circular arches, stonework, Supreme Court, Swanson Brothers, tower, turrets, university, university buildings, Victoria, arch
An image of the Former Magistrate’s Court Building on the corner of La Trobe Street and Russell Street in Melbourne’s CBD. The Former Magistrate’s Court building was designed by Department of Public Works architect George H B Austin and built by the Swanson Brothers. It is a three-storey building of French Romanesque style that was constructed entirely from Australian materials. The corner site was well-established as the location of the City’s law courts, having previously housed the Supreme Court and then the Court of Petty Sessions in a two-storey brick building that was demolished in 1910 to make way for the current building. Construction of the new building began in 1911 and was completed in 1914. The strongly modelled entrance, thick, squat columns and solid masonry are characteristic of Norman Revival or neo-romanesque architecture, as are the tourelles, tower, parapeted gables and semi-circular windows and arches. The Court of Petty Sessions, later renamed the Melbourne Magistrate’s court, operated from the building from 1914 until 1995. It is now owned by the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) and is used for lectures.
McEwan, Joanne
6 May 2011
No Copyright
Digital Photograph; JPEG
Front Facade, Former Melbourne Magistrate’s Court
arch, arches, architecture, building, columns, Court of Petty Sessions, George B H Austin, hood moulding, law, law courts, magistrate, Magistrate’s Court, masonry, Melbourne, neo-romanesque, Norman Revival, Public Works Department, RMIT, Romanesque architecture, rounded arches, semi-circular arches, stonework, Supreme Court, Swanson Brothers, tower, turrets, university, university buildings, Victoria
The front facade of the former Magistrate’s Court Building on the corner of La Trobe Street and Russell Street in Melbourne’s CBD. The Former Magistrate’s Court Building is a three-storey building of French Romanesque design that was constructed entirely from Australian materials. The strongly modelled entrance, thick, squat columns and solid masonry are characteristic of Norman Revival or neo-romanesque architecture, as are the tourelles, the tower and semi-circular windows and arches.
The Former Magistrate’s Court building was designed by Department of Public Works architect George H B Austin and built by the Swanson Brothers. It replaced a two-storey brick building on the site that previously housed the Supreme Court and then the Court of Petty Sessions. Construction of the new building began in 1911 and was completed in 1914. The Court of Petty Sessions, later renamed the Melbourne Magistrate’s court, operated from the building from 1914 until 1995. It is now owned by the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) and is used for lectures.
McEwan, Joanne
6 May 2011
No Copyright
Digital Photograph; JPEG
Romanesque Arched Doorway, Former Magistrate’s Court, Melbourne
arch, architecture, building, columns, Court of Petty Sessions, George B H Austin, hood moulding, law, law courts, magistrate, Magistrate’s Court, masonry, Melbourne, neo-romanesque, Norman Revival, Public Works Department, RMIT, Romanesque architecture, rounded arches, semi-circular arches, stonework, Supreme Court, Swanson Brothers, university, university buildings, Victoria
An image of the entrance doorway to the former Magistrate’s Court Building in Melbourne’s CBD, on the corner of La Trobe Street and Russell Street. The Former Magistrate’s Court Building is a three-storey building of French Romanesque design. As is common of neo-romanesque or Norman Revival architecture, the entrance is strongly modelled; the already large doorway is amplified by archivolts, in this case a band of five semi-circular arches, column jambs and decorative hood moulding.
The Former Magistrate’s Court building was designed by Department of Public Works architect George H B Austin and built by the Swanson Brothers. It replaced a two-storey brick building on the site that previously housed the Supreme Court and then the Court of Petty Sessions. Construction of the new building began in 1911 and was completed in 1914. The Court of Petty Sessions, later renamed the Melbourne Magistrate’s court, operated from the building from 1914 until 1995. It is now owned by the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) and is used for lectures.
McEwan, Joanne
6 May 2011
No Copyright
Digital Photograph; JPEG