The evening times., 1902-05-31
AN AUSTRALIAN
CATHEDRAL City
Anglican and Catholic SuuC-
lures at GOulburn.
A BUSY INDUSTRIAL TOWN
Regarded as a Suitable Site for the
Proposed Federal CapitaI-BeautifuI
Mountain Scenery-Picturesque and
Healthy Country

Each of the Australian states posses
ses several large cities representing SO
many di0ceses. and having large and
beautiful cathedTals. both Anglican and
Roman Catholic
Among those in New South Wales.
Goulburn may be regarded as holding
the pride of position. forming as il does
the busy metropolis Of the southern half
OF the state Il is situated on the
main line connecting Brisbane and sgd
ney with Melbourne ard Adelaide, be
ing 134 miles south of Sydney, and 5I4
miles northeast of Melbourne
BY many GOUlbuTn has been regarded
as suitable site for the proposed Fed
eraI capital It possesses all the
CHEEKY surroundings of a large and we'll
ordered city, the main JhCroughfaTes OF
which rival the Partisan bOuievaTds in
their width, the precision Win which
they are laid out, and the systematic
use Of shade trees.
The great feature of the city is the
Anglican Cathedral. which, so far as &c
elesias5icaI adorlnenJ goes, puts to
shame that IN the metropolis. II is one
of the finest edifces Of its kind in Aus
Jralia. and a portion of day may well
be employed in the inspection OF its
manifold attractions
Gothic IN Architecture.
It is in the Gothic style, its internal
length being $50 feet The nave and
aisIes are 81 feet in width. the transepts
being 90 feet in length, and, like the
nave and aisIes, 81 feet in width, the
ground plan thus forming a perfect
cross.
The walls Of the chanceI, nave, and
transapts are adorned with elegant me-
dalIions, beautifully carved in stone,
representing incidents il the life Of
Christ. There are also numerous fine
stained glass windows. depicting sub
5ects OF q Biblical character
The pulpit gift from. Warwickshire
is of Caen stone, from the same quar-
ries that supplied the material for the
famous Normandy cathedral It is of
extremely tasteful design, somewhat
like what visitors TO churches in CONT
mental Europe are familiar, the central
figure, within sunken panel, being
that OF the Saviour, having the Prophet
Elijah on the right. and Noses az Peter
On the left.
The fOut-a present from Stafordshire
lis IN a similar style OF art There IS
also a handsome brass lecteTn. and the
.
and chairs are Of English oak, richly
carved.
There are NUMEROUS tasteful accessOT-
les, the whole making the cathedral in
terror Cne of the finest examples OF &c
ciesiastical art in Australia.
Roman Catholic Cathedral.
Tho Roman Catholic Cathedral IS an
other noble structure, and, in addition,
GOuIburn possesses numerous handsome
public and private buildings
Although, witt the except on Of its
cathedral, GouIbUTH contains little to
specially attract the attention Of the
tourist II forms an admirable starting
point for several interesting localities
For business purposes, however. the
city could not have been more conven-
ientIy located. Situated near the large
angles formed by the confluence Of the
beautiful WOilondilly River and the
NuIwaTTee Ponds. il forms the center Of
an extensive district enormously rich
in agricultural and mineral resources
Mulwarrec was the native name of the
district butswhen The infant settlement
was esLablishd il was named after the
famous English statesman whose his
tory IS so largely mixed up with that Of
the earlier years Of her late maiesty's s
reign
AS the visitor passes through the city
he cannot fail TO note the aspect or
prosperity and content which il pre-
sents The Goulburn residents are evi-
IDENTIFY g most Industrious class. They
evidently rely less on Jupiter. in the
shape OF the state, than on themselves
10 accelerate the work OF local progress.
few miles to the eastward Of the city
are the Bungonia and Jerrara Caves, and
few miles further on some of the more
picturesque portions Of the ShOaIhaveu