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â€˜The old soldierâ€™ at the Blacktown Medieval Fayre

This is one of a series of pre-action photographs taken by photographer Richard Taylor at Nurragingy Reserve in 2011. It shows an â€˜old warriorâ€™ displaying steely determination to survive a potentially dangerous encounter. The subject of…

Tags: Armor, Armour, Arms, Blacktown Medieval Fayre, byrnie, chain mail, chainmail, coif, combat, fair, haubergeon, hauberk, helmet, medieval costume, New South Wales, Norman style helmet, NSW, Nurragingy Reserve, re-enactment, soldier, Sydney, war, warfare

â€œAlfred,â€ A Cantata, by E. Prout

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This anonymous article in The Sydney Morning Herald on 30 November 1886 is a review of a musical performance about Alfred the Great. The cantata ‘Alfred’ was composed by Ebenezer Prout with a libretto by Mr Grist. The piece is based…

â€œRobin Hoodâ€ (comic opera)

This piece titled “Robin Hood” in the ‘Amusements’ section of the Sydney Morning Herald newspaper appeared on June 30, 1928. It brings to attention a new production of the comic/light opera Robin Hood at the Sydney…

Tags: Comic opera, Conservatorium, Crusade, Government House, Harry B. Smith, light opera, music, New South Wales, NSW, opera, performance, Reginald De Koven, Richard I, Robin Hood, Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney, Sydney Conservatorium of Music, Sydney Morning Herald.

Advertisement for the Medieval Shoppe Australia

An advertisement for The Medieval Shoppe, a store in NSW which produces and sells replicas of swords, shields, armour, and other historical weapons. The advertisement is shot in black and white and features The Medieval Shoppe crest and five men clad…

Tags: advertisement, advertising, Armour, arrow, chain mail, crest, halberd, helmet, infantry, knight, Medieval Shoppe, New South Wales, NSW, plate armour, re-creation, re-enactment, recreation, replica, replicas, shield, shop, Switzerland, sword, warrior, weapon, weaponry, weapons

Alfred the Great

An article on page 10 of The Sydney Morning Herald on September 25, 1901. The article reports on a sermon by Archdeacon Gunther in St. John’s Church in which he mentioned that it was the thousandth anniversary of Alfred the Great, king of…

Tags: Alfred of Wessex, Alfred the Great, Anglo-Saxon, Archdeacon Gunther, England, New South Wales, NSW, St. Johnâ€™s Church, Sydney, The Sydney Morning Herald, viking, Wessex

Anglo-Saxon Window, Great Hall, University of Sydney

The Anglo-Saxon window in the Great Hall of the University of Sydney is one of a number of windows along the side walls of the hall containing portraits of famous people. It includes three notable Anglo-Saxon churchmen and writers from the Kingdom of…

Tags: Alcuin, Alcuin of York, Alcuinis, Anglo-Saxon, Anglo-Saxon Window, Bede, CÃ¦dmon, Caedman, Caedmon, Carolingian Renaissance, Charlemagne, England, Great Hall, New South Wales, NSW, stained glass, Sydney, University of Sydney, Venerable Bede

Australasian Steam Navigation Co building, Sydney.

The Australasian Steam Navigation Company building is one of the landmark buildings in The Rocks tourist precinct in Sydney. The building functioned as an office and warehouse for the company and was designed by William Wardell. It opened in 1884 and…

Tags: Anglo-Dutch, Anglo-Dutch style, Australasian Steam Navigation Co, New South Wales, NSW, office, spire, square tower, Sydney, The Rocks, tower, warehouse, William Wardell

Australian Morris Ring

Australian Morris Ring is an organisation that represents Australian Morris dancers. It represents ‘sides’, or Morris dancing teams, in all Australian states and territories except the Northern Territory. The groups perform the Cotswold,…

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