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Awl Leather: Medieval Shoes

Awl Leather is a company started by craftsman Bruce Erskine in 1991 and based in the New South Wales town of Bellingen that creates leather goods. Amongst their collection are a number of medieval shoes, some of which are based on actual medieval…

Tags: archaeology, Awl Leather, Bellingen, Bruce Erskine, Coppergate, craftsmen, England, leather-work, New South Wales, NSW, re-enactment, retail, shoes, viking, York

Birka Traders

Birka Traders was the online store created by Peter Beatson to sell his medieval metalwork. The collection included mainly jewellery and personal items such as belt buckles and strap ends, and focussed on the early medieval period, particularly the…

Tags: archaeology, armaments, Birka, jewellery, market, merchant, metalwork, New South Wales, NSW, Peter Beatson, re-enactment, retail, Sweden, Sydney, trading centre, viking, Viking Age

Royal Clock, Queen Victoria Building, Sydney

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…

Tags: castle, clock, coat of arms, crenellation, George McRae, Neil Glasser, New South Wales, NSW, Queen Victoria Building, QVB, retail, Romanesque, royal, Royal Clock, shop, Sydney, Thwaites and Reed, tower

Royal Clock, Queen Victoria Building, Sydney

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…

Tags: castle, clock, coat of arms, crenellation, George McRae, Neil Glasser, New South Wales, NSW, Queen Victoria Building, QVB, retail, Romanesque, royal, Royal Clock, shop, Sydney, Thwaites and Reed, tower

Queen Victoria Building, Sydney

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…

Tags: arched windows, balustrades, colonnades, cupolas, dome, George McRae, New South Wales, NSW, Queen Victoria, Queen Victoria Building, QVB, retail, Romanesque, shop, stained glass, Sydney

Queen Victoria Building, Sydney

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.…

Tags: arched windows, balustrades, colonnades, cupolas, dome, George McRae, New South Wales, NSW, Queen Victoria, Queen Victoria Building, QVB, retail, Romanesque, shop, stained glass, Sydney

Interior of Queen Victoria Building, Sydney

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.…

Tags: arched windows, balustrades, colonnades, cupolas, dome, George McRae, New South Wales, NSW, Queen Victoria, Queen Victoria Building, QVB, retail, Romanesque, shop, stained glass, Sydney

The Dragonâ€™s Realm re-enactment group and store, Burnie, Tas

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…

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