David Jones Window Display, Sydney, New South Wales
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This window display was in an Elizabeth Street, Sydney, window of the David Jones department store. It shows a medieval-style castle topped with a crenelated parapet being guarded by mice carrying spears and wearing helmets. A lion wearing a crown and a cloak (the king) is standing in the doorway. David Jones banners also hang from the castle. The mistletoe above the doorway indicates that this was a Christmas window display.
McLeod, Shane
18 December 2012
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Gerni Weekend Warriors advertisement
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<p>‘Gerni Weekend Warriors’ is a marketing campaign created by Sydney ad agency MJW to promote Gerni high pressure water cleaners. The television advert features three men dressed as warriors from the past using a Gerni to clean their cars and houses, with the Gerni clearly taking the place of a weapon. The men are dressed as a Roman centurion with cape, helmet and breastplate; a Viking (c. 800-1000) wearing a horned helmet and animal skin; and a thirteenth century Mongol wearing a fur-lined conical helmet, fur boots, and upper-body armour.</p>
<p>For the advertisement see <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=q-DD0yQovRw">http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=q-DD0yQovRw</a></p>
<p>For an article on the marketing campaign see <a href="http://www.bandt.com.au/breaking-campaigns/mjw-puts-the-pressure-on-for-gerni">http://www.bandt.com.au/breaking-campaigns/mjw-puts-the-pressure-on-for-gerni</a></p>
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MJW
August, 2012
Gerni, MJW
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The Dragon’s Realm re-enactment group and store, Burnie, Tas
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<p>The Dragon’s Realm are both a re-enactment group and a retail store based in the northern Tasmanian city of Burnie. The store opened in 2006 and is located in the CBD in a former church built in the Gothic Revival style with buttresses and lancet windows. Products are also available online and include medieval-style weapons (swords, axes, spears etc), clothing, and armour, as well as medieval-inspired items such as fantasy books and castle tower candle holders.</p>
<p>The re-enactment group, The Sovereign Military Order of the Knights Templar Tasmania [The Dragon Order], is a full contact battle group practicing western martial arts swordsmanship combat. The group re-create combat from the whole medieval period.</p>
<p>For their website see http://www.dragonsrealm.com.au/</p>
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Interior of Queen Victoria Building, Sydney
arched windows, balustrades, colonnades, cupolas, dome, George McRae, New South Wales, NSW, Queen Victoria Building, Queen Victoria, QVB, retail, Romanesque, shop, stained glass, Sydney
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<p>The Queen Victoria Building was designed in Romanesque style by George McRae and completed in 1898. Built as a market incorporating coffee shops, a concert hall, and showrooms, the building fell into disrepair until it was restored in 1986. Features include a large central dome, arched windows, stained glass, colonnades, balustrades, and cupolas, making both the exterior and interior very ornate.</p>
For more on the building see <a href="http://www.qvb.com.au" target="_blank">http://www.qvb.com.au</a></div>
McLeod, Shane
6 February 2012
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Queen Victoria Building, Sydney
arched windows, balustrades, colonnades, cupolas, dome, George McRae, New South Wales, NSW, Queen Victoria Building, Queen Victoria, QVB, retail, Romanesque, shop, stained glass, Sydney
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<p>The Queen Victoria Building was designed in Romanesque style by George McRae and completed in 1898. Built as a market incorporating coffee shops, a concert hall, and showrooms, the building fell into disrepair until it was restored in 1986. Features include a large central dome, arched windows, stained glass, colonnades, balustrades, and cupolas, making both the exterior and interior very ornate.</p>
For more on the building see <a href="http://www.qvb.com.au" target="_blank">http://www.qvb.com.au</a></div>
McLeod, Shane
6 February 2012
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Digital Photograph; JPEG
Queen Victoria Building, Sydney
arched windows, balustrades, colonnades, cupolas, dome, George McRae, New South Wales, NSW, Queen Victoria Building, Queen Victoria, QVB, retail, Romanesque, shop, stained glass, Sydney
<p>The Queen Victoria Building was designed in Romanesque style by George McRae and completed in 1898. Built as a market incorporating coffee shops, a concert hall, and showrooms, the building fell into disrepair until it was restored in 1986. Features include a large central dome, arched windows, stained glass, colonnades, balustrades, and cupolas, making both the exterior and interior very ornate.</p>
For more on the building see <a href="http://www.qvb.com.au" target="_blank">http://www.qvb.com.au</a>
McLeod, Shane
6 February 2012
No Copyright
Digital Photograph; JPEG
Royal Clock, Queen Victoria Building, Sydney
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<p>The Queen Victoria Building was designed in Romanesque style by George McRae and completed in 1898. The Royal Clock is one of two large clocks suspended from the top level of the building. Above the clock face is a miniature castle with towers and crenellation, and featuring the Royal coat of arms. The clock was designed by Neil Glasser and made by Thwaites and Reed of Hastings, England. It features six scenes about English royalty, including King John signing the Magna Carta in 1215.</p>
For more on the building see <a href="http://www.qvb.com.au" target="_blank">http://www.qvb.com.au</a></div>
McLeod, Shane
6 February 2012
No Copyright
Digital Photograph; JPEG
Royal Clock, Queen Victoria Building, Sydney
castle, coat of arms, crenellation, Neil Glasser, George McRae, New South Wales, NSW, Queen Victoria Building, QVB, retail, Romanesque, shop, Sydney, royal, Thwaites and Reed, tower, clock, royal clock
<p>The Queen Victoria Building was designed in Romanesque style by George McRae and completed in 1898. The Royal Clock is one of two large clocks suspended from the top level of the building. Above the clock face is a miniature castle with towers and crenellation, and featuring the Royal coat of arms. The clock was designed by Neil Glasser and made by Thwaites and Reed of Hastings, England. It features six scenes about English royalty, including King John signing the Magna Carta in 1215.</p>
For more on the building see <a href="http://www.qvb.com.au" target="_blank">http://www.qvb.com.au</a>
McLeod, Shane
6 February 2012
No Copyright
Digital Photograph; JPEG