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Holy Trinity Catholic Church, Westbury, Tasmania
Holy Trinity Catholic Church is in the small Tasmanian town of Westbury. The building of the bluestone church began in 1869 under the direction of the town’s first resident Catholic priest, Father James Hogan (1825-1899), who had arrived in…
Ut Si Café, Perth, Tasmania
Ut Si Café is in the Tasmanian town of Perth. It is in a renovated brick church built in the Gothic Revival style. The Gothic pointed arch windows and doorway in the porch have been highlighted by the use of contrasting colours in the new paint…
St Luke’s Church interior, Bothwell, Tasmania
St Luke’s Church is in the small town of Bothwell in Tasmania. Built by the government under the direction of Lieutenant Governor George Arthur (1784-1854), St Luke’s originally held combined services for Anglicans and Presbyterians,…
St David’s Cathedral entrance, Hobart, Tasmania
The main entrance to St David’s Cathedral is on Murray Street, Hobart. The cathedral was designed by English architect George Frederick Bodley (1827-1907) in 1865 in the Gothic Revival style. The foundation stone was laid in 1868 by Prince…
‘The New Renaissance’, Australian Women’s Weekly, 6 April 1955
This article from The Australian Women’s Weekly in 1955 posits contemporary Australian society as being at the precipice of a ‘New Renaissance’ in terms of widening access to and public interest in fine art. Pinpointing Ancient…
St Michael and All Angels Anglican Church porch, Bothwell, Tasmania
St Michael and All Angels Anglican Church is in the small town of Bothwell in Tasmania. It was built from 1887 and consecrated in 1891 after disputes between the towns Anglican and Presbyterian congregations made the continued sharing of St…