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Citadel Medieval Society

Citadel Medieval Society is a living history group based in Queensland. The group were founded seventeen years ago and focus on two time periods and locations: the port of La Rochelle, France, in c. 1370 during the Hundred Years War; and the German…

Coat of arms, Government House, Sydney

These photographs show a coat of arms on the exterior of Government House in the Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney. They feature a male and female knight/warrior, both with a sword and wearing armour. The female, possibly Joan of Arc, is also wearing an…

Tags: Armour, castle, crenellation, Edward Blore, Gothic, Gothic Revival, Government House, Greenway Building, helmet, knight, Latin, Mortimer Lewis, motto, New South Wales, NSW, Royal Botanic Gardens, sans mal, sculpture, stained glass, sword, Sydney, tower, tracery, turret, warrior

Crunch time: making money from a medieval extreme sport

This online newspaper article by David Wilson appeared in the My Small Business section of The Sydney Morning Herald. The article features an interview with Rod Walker about his business Full Tilt. The Bathurst-based business run fully costumed…

Tags: Armour, Bathurst, battle, David Wilson, entertainment, Full Tilt, helmet, jousting, knights, lance, My Small Business, New South Wales, NSW, Rod Walker, shield, sport, sword, The Sydney Morning Herald, tournament, war

David Jones Window Display, Sydney, New South Wales

This window display was in an Elizabeth Street, Sydney, window of the David Jones department store. It shows a medieval-style castle topped with a crenelated parapet being guarded by mice carrying spears and wearing helmets. A lion wearing a crown…

Tags: banner, castle, Christmas, crenel, David Jones, helmet, New South Wales, NSW, parapet, retail, shield, shop, spear, Sydney, window display

Edward Nicholas Memorial Window, St Michael and All Angels Anglican Church, Bothwell, Tasmania

The Edward Nicholas (d. 1881) memorial window is in St Michael and All Angels Anglican Church in the Tasmanian town of Bothwell. The window consists of two lancet windows, each of which features Christ. He is framed by a representation of elaborate…

Esk Festival

The Esk Festival, also known as the Brisbane Valley Festival, is an annual single-day event held in the Queensland town Esk. A major component of the festival are displays of ‘Living History & Medieval Re-enactments’ which take place…

Eslite dâ€™ Corps: Premier 14th C Reenactment

Eslite d’ Corps: Premier 14th C Reenactment are a living history group based in the outer Brisbane suburb of Redcliffe North. The group were founded in 2006 and are headed by ‘Sir Justyn Webb’. Eslite d’ Corp is based on a…

Tags: Archery, Armour, art, axe, Brisbane, combat, costume, craft, dance, Edward III, Eslite dâ€™ Corps, feast, food, Guillaume de Machaut, gunnery, halberd, helmet, jousting, living history, music, performance, Philip VI, Qld, Queensland, re-creation, re-enactment, Redcliffe North, shield, Sir Justyn Webb, spear, sword, tournament, website.

Europa Re-enactment Association Inc.

Europa Re-Enactment Association Inc. are a living history group based at Springwood in the Blue Mountains, New South Wales. The group focus on the period of Viking rule of the city of Jorvik (York) in northern England from 876-954. They re-enact such…

Tags: Archery, Armour, article, Blue Mountains, Celtic cross, combat, cooking, costume, craft, culture, England, Europa Re-enactment, Europa Re-enactment Association Inc., games, helmet, hut, Jorvik, living history, logo, map, Middleton Cross, New South Wales, Norse, NSW, OÃ°inr, Odin, oven, performance, re-enactment, ring-chain, shield, spear, Springwood, sword, viking, warrior, website, Wiccy, York.

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