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â€˜The Seasons window,â€™ Mandeville Hall, Toorak

This staircase â€˜Seasonsâ€™ window at Mandeville Hall in Toorak was designed by David Relph Drape and created by Ferguson & Urie for the original owner, millionaire Joseph Clarke, in 1877. The circular medallions in the centre of the window…

Tags: autumn, country, cupid, David Relph Drape, Diana, Ferguson & Urie, foliage, frieze, harvest, Joseph Clarke, landscape, nature, nostalgia, Romanesque, Saint George, seasons, spring, St George, stained glass, stairwell, summer, Toorak, Vic, Victoria, window, winter

'Kryal Castle Dwarf'

An image of the 'Kryal Castle Dwarf' behind glass at Kryal Castle in Ballarat, Victoria. According to the description alongside the figure, the Kryal Castle Dwarf was inspired by the medieval period, when "little people...traveled from Court to…

Tags: Ballarat, battlements, castle, court, crenelation, drawbridge, dwarf, dwarves, entertainment, figure, functions, gate, imp, jester, Keith Ryall, Kryal Castle, leisure, little people, Melbourne, moat, porticullis, re-creation, recreation, royal, royal court, royalty, statue, tourism, tower, Vic, Victoria

Upper vestibule window, â€˜Narrapumelap,â€™ Wickliffe, Victoria

An image of a stained glass window at the Narrapumelap homestead in Wickliffe, Victoria. The panelâ€™s outer edge is framed by an eye-catching â€˜floral-rodâ€™ pattern in spiral form. The window is divided into three segments (l, m, r)…

Tags: baronial window, Ferguson & Urie, floral-rod pattern, homestead, initials, John Dixon Wyselaskie, leaf and flower head design, medieval design, Narrapumelap homestead, roses, stained glass, Vic, Victoria, Wickliffe, window

Entrance to Kryal Castle, Ballarat

An image of the entrance to Kryal Castle, a tourist attraction located 8km from Ballarat in Victoria. Described as â€˜Australiaâ€™s unique medieval castleâ€™, Kryal Castle can also be hired for weddings, conferences, functions, and…

Tags: Ballarat, battlements, castle, crenelation, drawbridge, entertainment, functions, gate, Keith Ryall, Kryal Castle, leisure, Melbourne, moat, porticullis, re-creation, recreation, tourism, tower, Vic, Victoria

Corpus Christi at Manly

A photograph taken by photographer Ted Hood of the crowd gathered at the Corpus Christi Mass in Manly, New South Wales, in 1934. The group of veiled women in white dress most likely represent the Legion of Mary, an association of Catholic laity who…

Former Magistrateâ€™s Court Building, Melbourne

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An image of the Former Magistrateâ€™s Court Building on the corner of La Trobe Street and Russell Street in Melbourneâ€™s CBD. The Former Magistrateâ€™s Court building was designed by Department of Public Works architect George H B…

St Peterâ€™s East Window, SCEGGS Great Hall, Darlinghurst, Sydney

An image of the East Window in the Great Hall at Sydney Girls Grammar School (SGEGGS) in Darlinghurst, Sydney. The window was originally installed in St Peterâ€™s church in 1867, but the church has since been incorporated into the School Hall.…

Jack and the Beanstalk, East Devonport

One of three photographs of a house in East Devonport built in the Gothic Revival architectural style. Gothic features of the house include the arched windows and steeped pitch of the roof. This photograph shows a boy, presumably Jack, climbing a…

Tags: arched windows, architecture, domestic, domestic architecture, East Devonport, fairy tale, fairy-tale, folklore, folktale, Gothic, Gothic Revival, Jack and the Beanstalk, Tas, Tasmania

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