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‘Mr Waller Napier Returns’, The Argus, 10 March 1930.
This article from The Argus in 1930 reports on the return to Melbourne of famed Australian mosaic and stained glass artist Mervyn Napier Wallace and his wife. Napier, whose mosaics in the Melbourne Town Hall and the National Gallery were already well…
Museum entrance and Jubilee Building, Perth
A photograph of the new entrance to the Western Australian Museum – Perth, juxtaposed with the Jubilee Building that acts as one of the museum’s wings. The Jubilee Building was designed by Government architect George Temple-Poole and…
Sts. Peter and Paul Church, Bayswater
This photograph shows the Russian Orthodox Sts. Peter and Paul Church in the Perth suburb of Bayswater. The church has the typical orthodox/Byzantine architectural features of a dome (symbolising the heavens) on top of a square church building…
Jubilee Building, Perth, Western Australia
One of two photographs of the Jubilee Building that now acts as a wing of the Western Australian Museum – Perth. The brick and stone building was designed by Government architect George Temple-Poole and opened in 1897, originally housing the…
Jubilee Building, Perth
One of two photographs of the Jubilee Building that now acts as a wing of the Western Australian Museum – Perth. The brick and stone building was designed by Government architect George Temple-Poole and opened in 1897, originally housing the WA…
The Great War Memorial Cross, St. Peter's Cathedral, Adelaide, South Australia
Image of the colourful mosaic in the centre of a Great War Memorial Cross situated in the grounds of St Peter’s Cathedral in Adelaide, South Australia. The mosaic depicts a warrior armed with a shield and a lance, and draws on a number of…
The Great War Memorial Cross at St Peter’s Cathedral, Adelaide.
An image of a Great War Memorial Cross situated in the grounds of St Peter’s Cathedral in Adelaide, South Australia. The colourful mosaic in the centre of the cross depicts a warrior armed with a shield and a lance, and draws on a number of…
'The Five Lamps of Learning' Featured on the Great Gate at the University of Western Australia
An image of the window and mosaic featured on the northern side of the Great Gate at the University of Western Australia, Crawley. The University commissioned artist Mervyn Napier Waller to design and produce the mosaic positioned above the window…