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The Abbotsford Convent, Abbotsford, Victoria

The Abbotsford Convent, located in the inner city Melbourne suburb of Abbotsford, operated as a convent, reformatory and Magdalen Asylum from 1863 until the mid-1970s. The convent was run by the Sisters of the Good Shepherd, a Catholic religious…

The Medieval Writerâ€™s window, The Great Hall at The University of Sydney

An image of one of a series of colourful and elaborate figural windows with trefoil heads created especially for The University of Sydney by the London firm of Clayton & Bell (c. 1859-60). The window depicts three well-known medieval writers:…

â€˜Galen, Hippocrates, and Aretaeus of Cappadociaâ€™ Window, The University of Sydney

'Galen, Hippocrates & Aretaeus' (c. 1889), photo D. Urry(1).jpg

This is the lower section of a two-tiered Gothic Revival stair window located in the Anderson Stuart Building at the University of Sydney. The window was donated by John Harris Esq., at a cost of Â£120 in c.1889 (Calendar of the University of…

Tags: anatomy, Anderson Stuart Building, Aretaeus of Cappadocia, Asklepios, Classical, Gothic Revival, Hippocrates, John Harris, medicine, neo-Gothic, physicians, stained glass, stair window, surgeons, The University of Sydney, university, university building, window

The Modern Permanent Building Society's New Offices, Collins Street, West Melbourne

An engraving featured in The Illustrated Australian News of the recently built Gothic Revival style offices of the Modern Permanent Building Society.

Tags: architect, architecture, building, Gothic, gothic architecture, Gothic building, Gothic Revival, Gothic Revival style, Melbourne, neo-Gothic, Permanent Building Society

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

Wesleyan Church, Woolloomooloo, NSW

Sketch of the Wesleyan Church, designed by the architect Thomas Rowe, at Woolloomoolo in New South Wales. The church is typical of the gothic revival style with its spire and arched, gothic windows.

Tags: albumen print, architect, architecture, Church, gothic architecture, Gothic building, Gothic Revival, lancet window, lancet windows, neo-Gothic, New South Wales, NSW, sketch, spire, Thomas Rowe, window, windows

Church of England, Fremantle

A black and white photograph of St John the Evangelist Anglican Church in Fremantle taken by renowned WA photographer Izzy Orloff in the 1920s. St John the Evangelist is a neo-gothic Church located in the centre of Fremantle. It was designed by W.…

Grace Building, Sydney

These two photographs are of the corner tower of the neo-Gothic Grace Building on York Street in central Sydney. The building was built for the Grace Brothers department store in 1930 and was designed by Morrow and Gordon. The corner tower in…

Tags: blind arcade, flying buttresses, Gothic, Grace Brothers, Grace Building, hotel, Morrow and Gordon, neo-Gothic, New South Wales, NSW, Sydney, The Grace Sydney, tower, York Street

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