Council House, Perth, Western Australia
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from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Council_House,_Perth Council House is a 13-storey office building set beside Stirling Gardens on St Georges Terrace in Perth, Western Australia. The 47.9-metre (157 ft) building was designed by Howlett and Bailey Architects and opened by The Queen in 1963 after Perth hosted the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games. For most of its history, it has served as the headquarters for the City of Perth. Built in a modernist style, the building has been the subject of vigorous public debate about its heritage value. Some parties, such as the Royal Australian Institute of Architects, consider the building to be an important example of modernist architecture in the city, whilst others consider it ugly. These conflicting views led to animosity in the 1990s, when the State Government refused to heritage list the property, and instead recommended its demolition. Despite this, the City of Perth opted to renovate the tower and keep it as its headquarters. Following this, the building was admitted to the State's Heritage Register.
from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kangaroo_emblems_and_popular_culture Perth kangaroo sculptures (19...
This is just to the side of the main altar. All the messages on the walls were somewhat haunting and ...
This is the main altar to the church. The marble sculptures on the wall were really eeire and surreal...
This view shows all 4 directions of the other panoramas I took that day. It is where ther priest woul...
This is where I started. Walking down the aisle The tiles on the floor were all cracked and worn and ...
This is a very surreal room in the church. The eerie book back lit and chained to the wall. The red a...
Although the other panoramas in this series feature quite more epic scenery. This was my favourite sh...
The Supreme Court is the State's highest court, with responsibility for both criminal and civil matte...
The Town Hall of Perth lies in the Central Business District CBD at the corner of Hay and Barrack str...
There are no kangaroos in Austria.
We're talking about Australia, the world's smallest continent. That being cleared up, let's dive right in!
Australia is a sovereign state under the Commonwealth of Nations, which is in turn overseen by Queen Elizabeth the Second, by the Grace of God, Queen of Australia and Her other Realms and Territories, Head of the Commonwealth.
The continent was first sighted and charted by the Dutch in 1606. Captain James Cook of Britain came along in the next century to claim it for Britain and name it "New South Wales." Shortly thereafter it was declared to be a penal colony full of nothing but criminals and convicts, giving it the crap reputation you may have heard at your last cocktail party.
This rumor ignores 40,000 years of pre-European human history, especially the Aboriginal concept of Dreamtime, an interesting explanation of physical and spiritual reality.
The two biggest cities in Australia are Sydney and Melbourne. Sydney is more for business, Melbourne for arts. But that's painting in very broad strokes. Take a whirl around the panoramas to see for yourself!Text by Steve Smith.
