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Labyrinth, Kryal Castle, Ballarat

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

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

Labor Day Procession in Argent Street, Broken Hill

A photograph from c. 1911 of a large crowd lining Argent Street in Broken Hill to watch a Labor Day procession of men carrying union banners. Union banners have a medieval predecessor in the banners used by guilds (an association of craftsmen in the…

Tags: banner, banners, Broken Hill, float, floats, Labor, Labor Day, labour, labourer, New South Wales, NSW, parade, parades, procession, processions, street parade, trade, Trade Union, trade unionism, union, unionism, unions, work, worker, working class

La Trobe St Frontage, Former Working Men's College, RMIT, Melbourne

The Working Men’s College (which became RMIT University) in Melbourne,Victoria, opened in 1887. The three-storey building was designed by Terry andOakden, and Nahun Barnet and financed by Francis Ormond. The tower and La TrobeSt frontage were…

Tags: Addison and Kemp, Francis Ormond, Melbourne, Nahum Barnet, Percy Oakden, RMIT, RMIT University, Romanesque, Romanesque Revival, semi-circular arch, Terry and Oakden, tracery, Vic, Victoria, Working Menâ€™s College

La Belle Yseult

This oil on panel painting, by English artist John Bedford, is held by the National Gallery of Victoria. Dating from 1863, the painting depicts a woman with long flowing hair wearing a blue medieval style dress and a garland of flowers. The title…

La Belle Dame sans merci, by Arthur Hughes

This painting by English artist Arthur Hughes was acquired by the National Gallery of Victoria in 1919 with funds from the Felton Bequest. It portrays a scene fromthe well-known ballad of the same name penned in 1819 by Romantic poet John Keats. The…

Kryal Tapestry

An image depicting the hand embroidered 'Kyral Tapestry', which is displayed at Kryal Castle, a tourist attraction located 8km from Ballarat in Victoria. The tapestry was designed and executed by Gloria Rose Armstrong, and depicts Kryal Castle and…

Tags: attraction, Australia, Ballarat, castle, castles, craft, entertainment, functions, Gloria Rose Armstrong, jousting, Keith Ryall, knight, knights, Kryal Castle, leisure, medieval, medieval craft, medieval scene, Melbourne, re-creation, recreation, tapestries, tapestry, tourism, tourist, Vic, Victoria, weaving

Kryal Castle, Ballarat, Victoria

An image of the facade of Kryal Castle, a tourist attraction located 8km from Ballarat in Victoria. It was built in 1972 and opened in 1974 by Keith Ryall.

Described as â€˜Australiaâ€™s unique medieval castleâ€™, Kryal Castle can…

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

Kryal Castle, Ballarat

Kryal Castle is a tourist attraction 8km from Ballarat in Victoria. Described as â€˜Australiaâ€™s unique medieval castleâ€™, Kryal Castle can also be hired for weddings, conferences, functions, and special events. It was built in 1972…

Tags: Ballarat, battlements, castle, crenelation, drawbridge, gate, Keith Ryall, Kryal Castle, moat, porticullis, tourism, tower, Vic, Victoria

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