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This large oil on canvas history painting by Victorian artist Ford Madox Brown was purchased (directly from the artist) by the Art Gallery of New South Wales in 1876. Subtitled “Geoffrey Chaucer Reading the ‘Legend of Custance’ to…

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An image of the 'Kryal Castle Dwarf' behind glass at Kryal Castle in Ballarat, Victoria. According to the description alongside the figure, the Kryal Castle Dwarf was inspired by the medieval period, when "little people...traveled from Court to…

Jest and Quip_The Brisbane Courier_4 May 1929_p19.pdf
This article taken from The Brisbane Courier in 1929 discusses undergraduate students from the University of Queensland taking to the streets on "Commem Day". The author compares them to medieval mummers.The anonymous author also explains that on…
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