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When I was King, poem by Henry Lawson

Henry Lawson (1867-1922) is one of Australia's most famous poets, and can be regarded as a symbol for the Australian Nationalism Movement.

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â€˜Saint Michaelâ€™ Stained Glass Window, St Albanâ€™s Anglican Church, Highgate, Western Australia

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An image of the ‘Saint Michael’ stained glass window at St Alban’s Anglican Church, Highgate. This stained glass is one of three windows (the others depicting St Alban and St George) located at the rear of the church. It was…

â€˜St Georgeâ€™ window, St Albanâ€™s Anglican church, Highgate

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An image of the ‘Saint George’ stained glass window at St Alban’s Anglican Church, Highgate. This stained glass is one of three windows (the others depicting St Alban and St Michael) located at the rear of the church. It was…

Pulpit from Christ Church Congregational Church, Launceston, Tasmania

This wooden pulpit was removed from the former Christ Church Congregational Church in Launceston, Tasmania, in 2002 (having originally been in another church building) and is now on display in the Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery in Launceston.…

Tags: Alexander Kidd, Alexander Kidd (Jnr), Christ Church Congregational Church, column, Gothic, Gothic Revival, John Leeming, John West, Launceston, pointed arch, pulpit, Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, QVMAG, Tas, Tasmania, tracery

The Feigned Death of Juliet

This oil on canvas painting by nineteenth-century artist Frederic Leighton was acquired by the Art Gallery of South Australia with funds from the Elder Bequest in 1899. Titled â€˜The Feigned Death of Julietâ€™ it depicts a scene from William…

"1189. The Crusaders 1915."

A drawing by Fred Leist depicting an Australian soldier of 1915 shaking hands with a Crusader of 1189, with the cross of St George as the backdrop. Whilst the Australian soldier is shirtless and wearing shorts, the Crusader knight wears chain-mail,…

Tags: 1189-1192, chainmail, chivalry, cross, Crusader, Crusades, knight, knighthood, knights, Saint George, St George, St Geroge's Cross, St. George, Third Crusade

Corpus Christi Procession - The Children of Mary

This black and white photograph held by the Powerhouse Museum portrays children participating in the Feast of Corpus Christi procession at St Patrick's Seminary at Manly, Sydney, in 1932. The annual Feast of Corpus Christi procession celebrates the…

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Dance Review: Romeo and Juliet

Nina Levy’s review of Graeme Murphy’s production of Sergei Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet by the Australian Ballet appeared in the online version of The West Australian newspaper on October 12, 2012. It includes a photograph by Jeff…

Tags: Australian Ballet, ballet, dance, Dance Review: Romeo and Juliet, Gothic, Graeme Murphy, Jeff Busby, Nina Levy, Perth, Romeo and Juliet, Sergei Prokofiev, set design, The West Australian, vaulted ceiling, WA, website, Western Australia.

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