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"Jest and Quip. Undergrads' Day Out. Mirth in City Streets"

Jest and Quip_The Brisbane Courier_4 May 1929_p19.pdf

This article taken from The Brisbane Courier in 1929 discusses undergraduate students from the University of Queensland taking to the streets on "Commem Day". The author compares them to medieval mummers.The anonymous author also explains that on…

Tags: "commem day", "commemoration procession", "medieval mummers", "student pranks", "University of Queensland", "university student", Brisbane, Brisbane Courier, jester, mummer, mummery, Queensland

Banner for United Operative Masons of Melbourne

An image of a medieval-style embellished banner for the United Operative Masons of Melbourne, Victoria. The banner commemorates the 8 hour day Labor Movement, with the 3 men around the triangle symbolising 8 hours of work, 8 hours of recreation and…

Tags: activism, banner, banners, labour, mason, parade, politics, procession, processions, stone, stone mason, stone masonry, stone masons, stonemason, trade, trade procession, Trade Union, trade unionism, unionism, unions, work, working class

Corpus Christi Procession - The Children of Mary

This black and white photograph held by the Powerhouse Museum portrays children participating in the Feast of Corpus Christi procession at St Patrick's Seminary at Manly, Sydney, in 1932. The annual Feast of Corpus Christi procession celebrates the…

Tags: Children of Mary, Christian, Christianity, Corpus Christi, feast, feast of Corpus Christi, procession, religion, religious, religious procession, saint, Saint Patrick, saints, St Patrick, St. Patrick

Guide to the Lohac Guilds

A list of the Guilds which the members of the Lochac Region (within the Society for Creative Anachronism) can join. Some of the Guilds include: Brewers, Vintners and Imbibers Guild Broiderers Guild Lohac Cooks' Guild Royal Guild of…

Tags: "Society for Creative Anachronism", chivalry, guild, knight, knighthood, re-enactment, recreation, SCA, society

Members of the Renaissance players on the steps of the Gothic Style buildings of the University of Sydney.

This photograph shows members of the musical group The Renaissance Players on the steps of a building in Gothic style at the University of Sydney. The photograph was taken in 1974 by Alex Ozolins for the Australian Information Service. Although…

"Halberd or Nulla Nulla? Amusing Mistake in Leeds," in The Argus.

Halberd or Nulla Nulla_The Argus_15 June 1935_p24.pdf

This newspaper article from The Argus in 1935 reports on an amusing incident during a visit by Australian Prime Minister Joseph Lyons to Manchester, UK. Lyons was asked to pose with a medieval halberd for a photograph, which was mistakenly thought to…

Tags: aboriginal, Aboriginal weapon, Australian Prine Minister, halberd, Indigenous weaponry, insignia, Joseph Lyons, medieval weaponry, nulla nulla, weapon

Crowd outside the Hoyts Century Theatre at the Preview of Camelot, Sydney

In this black and white photograph by J. A. Mulligan, a crowd gathers outside the Hoyts Century Theatre in Sydney on 20 December 1967 to attend a preview of the film Camelot. The film was a screen adaptation of the 1960 musical of the same name by…

Laurie Payne & Tony Hughes in Costume for Camelot

In this black and white photograph from the Laurie Payne Collection of Theatrical Photographs (held by the National Library of Australia), actors Laurie Payne and Tony Hughes in their costumes for the musical Camelot are pictured with an unnamed man…

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