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The article ‘The bride wore… a sword’ by reporter Hannah Martin appeared in the online version of the Tasmanian newspaper The Mercury. The article reports on a medieval ‘Celtic’-style wedding of two members of the…

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Costumed revellers parading down Fremantle’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,…

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Costumed revellers parading down Fremantle’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,…

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A member of the public dressed as the iconic wizard Gandalf from J. R. R. Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings at the Perth Medieval Fayre. Like the Merlin figure in Arthurian legend, the character of Gandalf is a sage. He harbours power through wisdom…

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This photograph was taken during the final lecture of the 3rd year undergraduate unit The Vikings at The University of Western Australia. Although the unit focuses on the history of the Viking Age (c. 790-1100), the final lecture dealt with popular…

This online newspaper article by Ben McClellan appeared in the Blacktown Advocate on May 21, 2012. It reports on the recent Blacktown (western Sydney) Medieval Fayre. According to the article, the Fayre featured medieval-themed stalls, demonstrations…

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A digital photograph of an infant wearing a corduroy hooded cloak at the Balingup Medieval Carnivale. The cloak was designed and made by Aurore McLeod, based on an imagined medieval outfit for a wealthy child.

Medieval FightClub is an online store with a warehouse in the New South Wales town of Wyee. They sell ‘Historical replica products from Medieval and Ancient times’ including various weapons, clothing, drinking horns, accessories,…
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