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Yarralumla Woolshed. The Yarralumla Woolshed in the Australian Capital Territory is a building of historical significance and is listed on the Act Heritage Register. [1] It is a symbol of Canberra's growth from pastoral town to major city. [2] The shed was built in 1904 by Frederick Campbell who at that time owned Yarralumla Homestead which is ...
These three buildings are depicted in the 1828 painting by George Catlin to the left. On 19 February 1838, a fire destroyed the original academic building and most of the academy's records. [7] The replacement of the original "academy", was constructed on the site of present-day Pershing Barracks in 1839 and remained in use until 1891.
List of tallest buildings in Cambodia. Phnom Penh skyline in January 2022. Phnom Penh skyline 2023, Population: 2.8 million in 2024. This article list ranks buildings in Cambodia that stand at least 150 metres (492 ft) tall, based on standard height measurement. Most of Cambodia's high-rises are located in Phnom Penh, the commercial and ...
Trinity Uniting Church, built in 1897. Perth, Western Australia was occupied by British settlers in 1829 and originally named the Swan River Colony. Many of the older buildings are still extant, and have been heritage-listed. The places are listed here in chronological order and include significant buildings in the Perth metropolitan area. Included are examples of governmental, religious ...
View from the Window at Le Gras 1826 or 1827, believed to be the earliest surviving camera photograph. [ 1] Original (left) and colorized reoriented enhancement (right). The history of photography began with the discovery of two critical principles: The first is camera obscura image projection, the second is the discovery that some substances ...
Jondaryan Woolshed, 1894. Jondaryan Woolshed is a heritage-listed shearing shed at Evanslea Road, Jondaryan, Queensland, Australia. It was built in 1859-60 to replace an earlier, smaller woolshed on the former Jondaryan pastoral station, which was at one stage the largest freehold station in Queensland. The woolshed was the scene of significant ...
Fine-art photography is photography created in line with the vision of the photographer as artist, using photography as a medium for creative expression. The goal of fine-art photography is to express an idea, a message, or an emotion. This stands in contrast to representational photography, such as photojournalism, which provides a documentary ...
Photo by George Bretz, 1884. George M. Bretz (1842–1895) was an American photographer who is best known for his photographs of the Northeastern Pennsylvania Coal Region and its coal miners. A collection of Bretz's original glass plate negatives from the Kohinoor Mine at the Shenandoah Colliery were recently rediscovered at the National Museum ...