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Knights Fighting at the SCA College Challenge, 2010

This image depicts two members of the Society for Creative Anachronism (SCA) fighting at the SCA 'College Challenge.' A handmade banner depicting two black swans, the state emblem for Western Australia, is billowing nearby. The College Challenge…

Labor Day Procession in Argent Street, Broken Hill

A photograph from c. 1911 of a large crowd lining Argent Street in Broken Hill to watch a Labor Day procession of men carrying union banners. Union banners have a medieval predecessor in the banners used by guilds (an association of craftsmen in the…

Tags: banner, banners, Broken Hill, float, floats, Labor, Labor Day, labour, labourer, New South Wales, NSW, parade, parades, procession, processions, street parade, trade, Trade Union, trade unionism, union, unionism, unions, work, worker, working class

Meatworkers in the Labor Day March in Toowoomba

Procession halted in front of the Toowoomba Hall. Labor Day parade celebrates the eight hour working day. Processions with banners were a feature of the later medieval period. The metalworkers' banner has a medieval predecessor in the banners used by…

Tags: banner, banners, class, Labor Day, labour, labourer, labourers, parade, procession, suits, worker, workers, working class

Medieval Knight leading National Savings Week

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National Savings Week was a movement instituted in Great Britain in 1916 to raise funds to counteract government deficits. The emblem of the Movement was, at first, the Swastika but that was replaced with a figure that appears to be St. George…

Tags: Australian reportage of medieval pageant, banner, banners, medieval chain mail, National Savings Week Willesden Borough, pageant, post World War II, street processions, war, War Savings week, World War, World War II

Members of the Saint David's Society of Brisbane

An image depicting men and women of the Welsh Saint David's Society of Brisbane, gathered around the Society's banner, which depicts a dragon. BRIEF HISTORY OF THE SOCIETY: The Saint David’s Welsh Society was founded on 16th April 1918 with…

Tags: association, associations, banner, banners, Brisbane, club, clubs, dragon, fraternities, fraternity, Qld, Queensland, saint, Saint David, saints, societies, society, St David, Wales, Welsh, Welsh dragon

Parade of the Ancient Order of Foresters through the Streets

Photograph of members of the Ancient Order of Foresters in NSW parading with a ceremonial banner. About the Ancient Order of Foresters: The Ancient Order of Foresters originated in England in the mid-eighteenth century, with the first recorded…

Tags: Ancient Order of Foresters, banner, banners, float, floats, Foresters, fraternities, fraternity, friendly societies, friendly society, New South Wales, NSW, parade, parades, procession, processions, Ted Hood

Parading with Banners at Carnevale, Fremantle, Western Australia

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Costumed revellers parading down Fremantleâ€™s cappuccino strip in Western Australia during the 2011 Fremantle Carnevale parade.
Carnevale is a traditional community festival that temporarily promotes disorder and frivolity using masquerade,…

Robin Da Hood

An online advertisement by Virgin Mobile Australia. The advert plays on the popular image of Robin Hood, complete with images of archery, a lute being played, and a group of Merry Men. Robin Hood is now Robin da Hood, wearing a red (the colour…

Tags: advertisement, advertisements, Archery, banner, banners, Barons, Lute, maidens, Merry Men, mobile phone, pigeon racing, Robin Hood, Sherwood, telecommunications, telephone, Virgin Mobile Australia

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