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Masks, Chalmers Presbyterian Church, Launceston, Tasmania

One of two photographs of the former Chalmers Presbyterian Church in Launceston. The church was built in Gothic Revival style in 1859 (the first service was in January 1860) and was designed by architect William Henry Clayton (1823-1877). It was…

Tags: arched windows, bell tower, Chalmers Free Church, Church of Scotland, Free Kirkers, Gothic, Gothic Revival, Launceston, masks, Presbyterian, Tas, Tasmania, Thomas Chalmers, William Henry Clayton

In Springtime (Im Fruhling)

This work by Swiss-born artist Arnold BÃ¶cklin was acquired by the National Gallery of Victoria with funds from the Felton Bequest in 1977. The painting depicts two beautiful â€˜otherworldlyâ€™ female figures in flowing, colourful dresses…

Former Library Building, Perth

A photograph of the Government Geology building/former Library, now a wing of the Western Australian Museum â€“ Perth. The building was completed in 1902 and was designed by Government architect John Grainger. It was built to blend in with the…

Fair Rosamund

This work by English artist Arthur Hughes depicts the twelfth-century figure of Rosamund in the garden that King Henry II of England created for her at his royal residence in Oxfordshire. Rosamund was Henryâ€™s mistress. She was reputedly…

Tags: Arthur Hughes (1832-1915), Eleanor of Aquitaine, fleur-de-lys, flowers, foxgloves, garden, Henry II of England, iris, maze, mistress, poison, Rosamund, secret garden, symbolism, Vic, Victoria, Walter de Clifford, Woodstock

Combat Demonstration at the Balingup Medieval Carnivale

A photograph of a medieval-style combat demonstration at the Balingup Medieval Carnivale, 2010.

Tags: Armour, Balingup, Balingup Medieval Carnivale, battle, carnival, carnivale, chivalry, combat, demonstration, display, Donnybrook, fair, fayre, festival, fight, fighting, knight, knighthood, knights, medieval, Perth, re-creation, recreation, Shire of Donnybrook-Balingup, sword, swords, tournament, WA, weaponry, weapons, Western Australia

Crowd of Veiled Women, Corpus Christi at Manly

A photograph taken by photographer Ted Hood during the Corpus Christi Mass at Manly, New South Wales, in 1934. The picture shows a group of veiled women kneeling in the crowd. They are (less noticeably) also interspersed with men, and this group most…

Jack and the Beanstalk House, 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. Gothic architecture was the dominant style in much of Europe…

Tags: arch, arched windows, architecture, domestic, domestic architecture, East Devonport, folk, folktale, Gothic, Gothic Revival, Jack and the Beanstalk, Tas, Tasmania

The Second Maquette for the Burghers of Calais

This piece from the Art Gallery of New South Wales collection is one of 12 bronze sculptures cast from a plaster sculpture created by Rodin in 1885. The original ‘Second Maquette for the Burghers of Calais’ from which it was cast is…

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