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Falconry Display at the Balingup Medieval Carnivale

An image of the falconry display at the Balingup Medieval Carnivale.

Tags: Balingup, Balingup Medieval Carnivale, bird, birds, birds of prey, carnival, ceremony, display, dragon, falconry, flying display, leisure, re-creation, recreation, Shire of Donnybrook-Balingup, South-West WA, WA, Western Australia

Statue of St. George, Kryal Castle, Ballarat

An image of the large statue of St. George located inside Kryal Castle, a tourist attraction near Ballarat in Victoria. The figure is atop a horse in full metal armour. At the foot of the statue are plaques describing the legend of 'St. George and…

Tags: Armour, Ballarat, battlements, castle, chivalric, chivalric tradition, chivalry, Christian, Christianity, crenelation, dragon, dragons, drawbridge, entertainment, figure, figures, functions, gate, horse, Keith Ryall, knight, knights, Kryal Castle, legend, leisure, Melbourne, moat, myth, mythology, porticullis, re-creation, recreation, religion, religious, saint, Saint George, saints, St George, St. George, statue, statues, tourism, tower, Vic, Victoria

Straw Dragon Alight at Balingup Medieval Carnivale

A photograph of the winged straw dragon in the combat arena of the Balingup Medieval Carnivale (2012). The dragon was set on fire in the Burning the Dragon ceremony which marked the end of the Carnivaleâ€™s first day.

Tags: 2012, Balingup, Balingup Medieval Carnivale, carnival, carnivale, ceremony, dragon, fair, fayre, recreation, Shire of Donnybrook-Balingup, South-West WA, WA, Western Australia

Straw dragon, Balingup Medieval Carnivale, 2012

A photograph of the winged straw dragon in the combat arena of the Balingup Medieval Carnivale (2012). The dragon was set on fire in the Burning the Dragon ceremony which marked the end of the Carnivaleâ€™s first day.

Tags: Balingup, Balingup Medieval Carnivale, carnival, carnivale, ceremony, dragon, fair, fayre, recreation, Shire of Donnybrook-Balingup, South-West WA, WA, Western Australia

â€˜Gallantry is backâ€™ St George beer commercial

This advertisement is for the Launceston, Tasmania, brewing company James Boag’s ‘St George’ beer. The slogan of the commercial is ‘Gallantry is back’, which plays on one of the attributes associated with St George, that…

Tags: â€˜gallantry is backâ€™, advertisement, alcohol, Beer, Boagâ€™s Brewery, chivalry, commercial, Crusade, dragon, gallantry, James Boagâ€™s, Launceston, logo, St George, sword, Tas, Tasmania.

James Boagâ€™s St George beer

The Launceston, Tasmania, brewing company James Boag has a ‘St George’ beer. The bottle’s label features St George on a horse and carrying a sword trampling a dragon underfoot. This was one of the original logos of the brewery and…

Tags: alcohol, Beer, Boagâ€™s Brewery, Crusade, dragon, James Boagâ€™s, label, Launceston, logo, St George, sword, Tas, Tasmania.

â€˜The Fight: St George Kills the Dragon VIâ€™ by Edward Burne-Jones

This oil on canvas painting by well-known nineteenth-century artist Edward Burne-Jones was gifted to the Art Gallery of New South Wales by Arthur Moon. It is one of seven paintings from a â€˜St George and the Dragonâ€™ narrative cycle that…

Tags: Aesthetic Pre-Raphaelitism, Armor, Armour, art, artwork, chivalric tradition, chivalry, damsel, dragon, gallantry, George, knight, legend, Myles Birket Foster, myth, New South Wales, NSW, Pre-Raphaelite, Princess Sabra, St George, sword, The Hill, Witley

Dragon, Perth, Tasmania

One of four photographs of a castle-like building on the Midland Highway in Perth, Tasmania. This one shows a dragon looking over the roof of the castle/house. The house features extensive crenellation and is made of brick.

Tags: architecture, battlements, castle, castles, crenellation, domestic, dragon, house, Perth, residence, Tas, Tasmania

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