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St Luke the Physician’s Church interior, Richmond, Tasmania
St Luke the Physician’s Anglican Church is in the town of Richmond, Tasmania. It was designed by architect John Lee Archer and built with convict labour. It was completed in 1836 and consecrated by Bishop Broughton in 1838. The building is…
St Joseph’s Catholic Church exterior, Hobart, Tasmania
St Joseph’s Catholic Church is on the corner of MacQuarie and Harrington Streets in Hobart, Tasmania. The foundation stone for the sandstone church was laid in 1840 and it was opened by Fr. John Joseph Therry (1790-1864) on Christmas day, 1841.…
St Joseph’s Catholic Church interior, Hobart, Tasmania
St Joseph’s Catholic Church is on the corner of MacQuarie and Harrington Streets in Hobart,Tasmania. The foundation stone for the sandstone church was laid in 1840 and it was opened by Fr. John Joseph Therry (1790-1864) on Christmas day, 1841.…
Congregational Church, Richmond, Tasmania
This Congregational Church is in the town of Richmond, Tasmania. It was built in 1873 after the previous church, built in 1844, was damaged in a storm. The sandstone building is in the Gothic Revival style with buttresses, and a pointed arch doorway…
38 Davey Street, Hobart, Tasmania
This building is at 38 Davey Street in central Hobart. It is at the rear of Parliament House and is part of the proposed Parliament Square redevelopment. The building adjoins the former St Mary’s Hospital building and early photographs show…
Norman baptismal font, St Mary’s Cathedral, Hobart, Tasmania
Repair work on St Mary’s Catholic Cathedral, Hobart, in 2008 brought to light the possibility that a baptismal font in the Cathedral may be from the medieval Norman period. The cylindrical font has elaborately carved columns and Romanesque…
Convict Church, Port Arthur, Tasmania
The foundation stone for the Convict Church at the former penal settlement of Port Arthur, Tasmania, was laid by Lieutenant Governor George Arthur (1784-1854) in 1836. The church was possibly designed by the Deputy Commissariat Officer Thomas…
Convict Church tower, Port Arthur, Tasmania
The foundation stone for the Convict Church at the former penal settlement of Port Arthur, Tasmania, was laid by Lieutenant Governor George Arthur (1784-1854) in 1836. The church was possibly designed by the Deputy Commissariat Officer Thomas…