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A Knight in The University of Sydney Commem Day Parade, 1937
Tags: “Commem Dayâ€, “Festival Dayâ€, Armour, chain mail, chainmail, chivalry, commemoration, costume, custom, fancy dress, festivities, helmet, horse, knight, knighthood, knights, medieval costume, medieval dress, Medieval Romance, New South Wales, parade, pennant, procession, romance, Sam Hood (1872-1953), shield, St George cross, street parade, students, Sydney, The University of Sydney, tradition, university
A Voyage to Botany Bay, With a Description of the Country, Manners, Customs, Religion &c. of the Natives.
Tags: attempted theft, Australian custom, Australian customs, Botany Bay, colonial, colonialism, colonisation, colonization, colony, convict, convict deportation, convicts, crime, criminal, deportation, diamonds, early Australia, early Australian customs, early settlement, George Barrington, George Barrington (1755 - 1804), Knights of the Garter, New South Wales, NSW, Order of the Garter, Sydney, theft, transportation
‘Soldier at a Medieval Faire’
Tags: Armor, Armour, Arms, aventail, Blacktown, Blacktown Medieval Fayre, camail, chain mail, chainmail, combat, entertainment, helmet, honour, medieval costume, medieval fair, New South Wales, Norman style helmet, NSW, Nurragingy Reserve, re-enactment, reenactment, Richard Taylor, Sydney, war, warfare, Western Sydney
‘The Black Knight’
‘The old soldier’ at the Blacktown Medieval Fayre
“Alfred,†A Cantata, by E. Prout
Tags: Alfred the Great, Alswitha, Anglo-Saxon, Athelney, Battle of Ethandun, cantata, Danes, Ealhswith, Ebenezer Prout, England, Guthrum, libretto, minstrel, Mr Grist, music, New South Wales, Norse, NSW, performance, raven banner, Redfern, Saxon, St. Paul’s, Sydney, The Sydney Morning Herald, Thor, Valhalla, viking, Wessex, Y.M.C.A.