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Robin Hood drawing

This drawing of Robin Hood appeared on page 14 of the Rockhampton, Queensland, newspaper the Morning Bulletin on August 9, 1935. The drawing by Robert Cantle appears in the ‘Children’s Corner’ section of the newspaper and depicts…

Tags: bow, bow and arrow, drawing, Morning Bulletin, outlaw, Qld, Queensland, Robert Cantle, Robin Hood, Rockhampton.

St. Patrick's Day Procession led by men carrying a banner, Mt. Morgan, ca. 1917

Photograph depicting a 1917 St. Patrick's Day procession with men carrying a St. Patrick's Day banner bearing a medieval-style design.

Tags: banner, banners, float, floats, Irish culture, Mt. Morgan, national identity, parade, parades, procession, processions, Queensland, Saint Patrick, St. Patrick, St. Patrick's Day Procession

St. Patrick's Day Procession, Queen Street, Brisbane, 1903

An image of crowds of people gathered on Queen Street in Brisbane, QLD to watch the floats in a St. Patrick's Day parade. Processions with banners were a feature of the later medieval period. The banner for the St Patrick's day procession also…

Tags: Brisbane, Catholic, Catholicism, celebration, Celtic, ceremony, cross, harp, Ireland, Irish, parade, parades, procession, processions, Qld, Queensland, religion, religious, ring-headed cross, saint, Saint Patrick, saints, St Patrick, St. Patrick, St. Patrick's Day

The Abbey Museum of Art & Archaeology, Brisbane

The Abbey Museum of Art & Archaeology, located in Brisbane, Queensland, aims to provide an understanding of the human past through dynamic interpretation and historical re-enactment. They provide displays and offer a diversity of events and…

The Esford Armoury â€˜Knights Templarâ€™ Range

This website advertises a range of Knights Templar garb and weaponry that has been designed with the guidance of â€˜The Knights Templarâ€™, a Brisbane-based re-enactment society. The Knights Templar formed what was arguably the most powerful…

The Happy Viking: Leatherwork and craft of the Viking and Medieval Age

The Happy Viking: Leatherwork and craft of the Viking and Medieval Age is an online store which opened in 2012. It is owned by Elizabeth (Hlif), a re-enactor from Maleny, Queensland. The hand-made Australian products include leatherwork, pottery,…

Tags: Braid, Celtic, craft, Elizabeth (Hlif), jewellery, leatherwork, Maleny, pottery, Qld, Queensland, re-enactment, store, Sweden, The Happy Viking, The Happy Viking: Leatherwork and craft of the Viking and Medieval Age, ValsgÃ¤rde, viking, weaving, website.

The Viking Battle Ship

VikingBattleship BrisbaneCourier10608.pdf

An article on page 4 of the Brisbane Courier newspaper on July 10, 1908. The article is about the decision to make a Viking battleship (in other articles about the event it is referred to as a Viking Dragon Ship) the centre-piece of a church fÃªte.…

Tags: Armour, battle, battles, Brisbane, Brisbane Courier, Church, clothing, fÃªte, fete, parade, Qld, Queensland, recreation, saga, ship, ships, St. Paulâ€™s church, sword, swords, viking, vikings, weapon, weaponry, weapons

The Viking Breed

An article on page 4 of The Brisbane Courier newspaper on April 6, 1909. The article reports on an official welcome in Sydney Town Hall for returned Antarctic explorer Professor (Sir) Edgeworth David. In recounting the achievements of the expedition…

Tags: Antarctic, Brisbane, Edda, honour, New South Wales, Nimrod, Norsemen, NSW, Qld, Queensland, Royal Society of New South Wales, saga, Sydney, Sydney Town Hall, The Brisbane Courier, Thor, viking, vikings

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