antiquity

“We rarely find continuous records of that antiquity in Australia.”

Standing where the historic and purportedly haunted Hotel Alexandria’s ballroom once saw her glory days hosting the likes of Charlie Chaplin, this Belle Epoch-style Parisian cocktail bar isn’t afraid of leaning into spooky antiquity.

In 1967, an unlikely American duo of Charlie Cushman, a hitchhiker, and Herbert “Skip” Cole, a postgraduate student, were sent around the country by the antiquities department, to gather up some of the heritage.

But also, getting into the film, you take a look at antiquity.

Accompanied by his wife, Anne Grace, Lyon also captured southern India's archaeological sites and architectural antiquities.