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The New Varangian Guard Inc

The New Varangian Guard are an Australian historical re-enactment group with fifteen branches throughout Australia. The group concentrate on the Byzantine (or Eastern Roman) Empire, particularly between the ninth and thirteenth centuries. During most…

Tags: Anglo-Saxon, Byzantine Empire, Byzantium, Constantinople, Istanbul, Norman, Norman Conquest, re-enactment, recreation, Rus, The Varangian Voice, Turkey, Varangian, Varangian Guard, viking

Ulveflokk

Ulveflokk are a Viking re-enactment group based in Maleny, Queensland. It was established by Elizabeth (Hlif) of The Happy Viking store and Ulf. The group concentrate on the period 800-1100 and the interaction between Norse/Viking and Scottish Celtic…

Tags: Celtic, clan, combat, cooking, craft, Elizabeth (Hlif), Gall-GhÃ idheil, Galloway Bay, games, Hiberno-Norse, logo, Maleny, Norse, Qld, Queensland, re-enactment, ring-knot, Scotland, The Happy Viking, trade, Ulf, Ulveflokk, viking, website.

Viking busker article

The online newspaper article â€˜Border fight spells trouble for viking buskerâ€™ appears in the online version of The Age newspaper, having originally appearing in the Albury, Victoria, newspaper The Border Mail. The article reports on the…

Tags: Albury, busker, horned helmet, Melbourne, performance, re-enactment, reproduction, sword, The Age, The Border Mail, Vic, Victoria, viking

War Sword store

War Sword is a store specialising in swords and armour in the Brisbane suburb of Carina, Queensland. They sell various re-creations of medieval weapons, including axes, halberds, shields, spears, swords, and helmets and full suits of armour. There…

Tags: Armour, axe, Braveheart, Brisbane, Carina, costume, film, Game of Thrones, halberd, helmet, Kingdom of Heaven, living history, Qld, Queensland, re-creation, re-enactment, shield, spear, sword, television, The Lord of the Rings, War Sword, website.

Weddings at Sunshine Castle, Bli Bli

The Sunshine Castle is a popular tourist destination on the Sunshine Coast in Queensland. Influenced by a Norman architectural style, and complete with medieval additions such as a moat, turrets and a drawbridge, the castle hosts markets and…

Tags: Bli Bli, castle, entertainment, function venue, herald, knight, medieval feast, Norman, Norman style, popular culture, Qld, Queensland, re-creation, re-enactment, recreation, Sunshine Castle, Sunshine Coast, tourism, tourist, venue, wedding, weddings

Woman hit in head with â€˜swordâ€™ as mock medieval battle goes wrong

This online newspaper article by Henrietta Cook appeared in The Age on March 15, 2012. It reports on an incident during the weekly Swordcraft event in Melbourne, Victoria, in which a woman was hit in the head by a rubber sword and required medical…

Tags: battle, game, Henrietta Cook, Melbourne, performance, re-enactment, Swordcraft, The Age, Vic, Victoria

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