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Viking Dragon Ship
A newspaper article about a Viking Dragon Ship on page 29 of the Brisbane newspaper The Queenslander on 18 July, 1908. The recreation ship filled up most of St Paul’s Hall and included shields with emblems along its sides, a prow consisting of…
Tags: Brisbane, brooch, Christiana, dragon, Ivar, Lady Chelmsford, Norway, Qld, Queensland, recreation, shield, ship, The Queenslander, viking, vikings
Viking Memories
A review of the film The Viking on page 14 of the Adelaide newspaper ‘The Advertiser’ on October 17, 1929. The film was about Lief Eriksson, or Leif the Lucky, the leader of possibly the first group of Europeans to reach North America.…
Tags: Adelaide, cinema, dragon, dragon ships, film, films, Lief Eriksson, movie, movies, Norseman, Norway, SA, saga, ship, ships, South Australia, The Advertiser, viking, vikings
Viking Tales: Olaf’s Farm
An illustrated story on page 48? Of the Brisbane newspaper, The Queenslander, published on 23 November, 1907. The story by Jennie Hall is about a young Viking from Denmark named Olaf who, as the youngest son, has to ‘go a-Viking’…
Tags: Brisbane, Denmark, dragon ship, fiction, illustration, Jennie Hall, literature, Norway, Odin, Qld, Queensland, ship, The Queenslander, Thor, Valhalla, viking, vikings
Viking Unsweetened Milk
An advertisement on page 15 of the Perth newspaper ‘Western Mail’ on September 8, 1899. The advert is for unsweetened milk made by Henri Nestle in the ‘highlands’ of Norway and sold by Preston and Co. in Fremantle, Western…
Tags: Ad, advertisement, advertising, Fremantle, Henri Nestle, marketing, milk, Nestle, Norway, Norwegian, Perth, Preston and Co., viking, vikings, WA, Western Australia, Western Mail