NAME : TEH WEI HONGSTUDENT ID : 0323743MODULE : Effective Public Communication [COM 30103]SESSION : September, 2015LECTURER : PERSIS RODRIGUES SUBMISSION DATE : 19th January, 2016 (Tuesday) PRESENTATION DATE : 19th January, 2016 (Tuesday)

INDIVIDUAL ASSIGNMENT: ORAL PRESENTATION (PART 1)

St Paul's Cathedral, Melbourne

St Paul's Cathedral is the seat of the Anglican Primate of Australia and

home church for Anglicans in Melbourne and Victoria. It was built in stages and is one of the City of Melbourne's major landmarks and it

was designed by William Butterfield

St Paul's Cathedral, Melbourne

St Paul's Cathedral is the seat of the Anglican Primate of Australia and

home church for Anglicans in Melbourne and Victoria. It was built in stages and is one of the City of Melbourne's major landmarks and it

was designed by William Butterfield

Location of St Paul's Cathedral

• Opposite Federation Square, on Melbourne's busiest intersection.

• 198-206 Flinders Street, Melbourne VIC 3000

Historical background of St Paul's Cathedral

(built between 1880 and 1931)• On 22 January 1891 the Cathedral was

consecrated, although it was not the building we see today.  The construction of the spires did not begin until 1926, and then to the design of John Barr of Sydney rather than using the original design of an octagonal central tower and gable west end towers of Butterfield.  In the 1960s extensive work was carried out on the exterior, and in 1989 a major National Trust appeal to enable the restoration of the Cathedral’s magnificent organ. More recently, and completed in 2009, extensive restoration works were carried out under the leadership of the Very Revd David Richardson, 13th Dean of Melbourne, to the exterior and interior of the Cathedral.

• St Paul’s Cathedral is built on the site where the first public Christian services in Melbourne were led by Dr Alexander Thomson in 1836.  Soon afterwards a small wooden chapel was built elsewhere, and the area became a corn market until 1848, when it was made available for the building of the bluestone St Paul’s Parish Church.  Consecrated in 1852, this Church was used until 1885, when it was demolished to make way for the present Cathedral.  The decision to build on the site of the existing church was made because of its proximity to the railway and soon to be completed cable tramway service.  The Swanston Street and Flinders Street corner is one of Victoria's busiest intersections today, and the Cathedral remains very much at the heart of city life.

Historical background of St Paul's Cathedral

small wooden chapel

corn market

St Paul’s Parish Church St Paul's Cathedral

Repair work on the spires

1836

1848

1852-1880 Present

1891

Historical background of St Paul's Cathedral

small wooden chapel

corn market

St Paul’s Parish Church St Paul's Cathedral

Repair work on the spires

1836

1848

1852-1880 Present

1891

Historical background of St Paul's Cathedral

(1880- Present)

Structure and layout of the St Paul's Cathedral

• The Cathedral is built in the neo-Gothic transitional style

• It was designed by the distinguished English architect William Butterfield, who was noted for his ecclesiastical work.

• The foundation stone was laid in 1880.

• Mostly geometrical shape and symmetrical

• The structure is soundness and particularly is Spires

Structure and layout of the St Paul's Cathedral

Types of ornamentation and materials used

(Interior)Chandelier

Wooden fittings

Dutch flower painting in wood

Venetian glass mosaics

Alabaster

Devonshire marble

Types of ornamentation and materials used

(Exterior)When William design the building he thought about three things in his design:1. Beauty : The building should look lovely

2. Stability : The building would have to be strong and stable

3. Usefulness : The building would have to be big enough to fit in lots of people to worship God

Flowers Block of concrete Woods

Types of ornamentation and materials used

(Outdoors)

It is now constructed in sandstone, the current building replaced an earlier bluestone church, built on the site where the first public Christian services in Melbourne were led by Dr Alexander Thomson in 1836.

But, woods could burn…

Sandstones

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