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Troubadour Song
A poem featured in The Hobart Town Gazette and Van Diemen's Land Advertiser, which conforms to lyrical and bardic poetic traditions. It has medieval and classical undertones in both style and language.
Nursing Cavalcade at Town Hall
The ‘Hold High the Lamp’ cavalcade was presented at the Sydney Opera House as part of the 1951 Federation Jubilee Celebration. Some 200 nurses and actors took part in an elaborate pageant that told the story of nursing from its earliest…
Medieval Knight leading National Savings Week
National Savings Week was a movement instituted in Great Britain in 1916 to raise funds to counteract government deficits. The emblem of the Movement was, at first, the Swastika but that was replaced with a figure that appears to be St. George…
Medieval Precedent for Women Playing Bowls
The ‘new phenomenon’ of women participating in sport post World War I is discussed at length. The writer argues that women are physically capable of participating in some sports. The counterpoints to this argument are that they could…
Corpus Christi Procession in Sydney, 1930
The feast of Corpus Christi (Body of Christ) has been held since the 13c. The host, Blessed sacrament, the consecrated body of Christ, is brought outside of its usual place in the sanctuary of the altar and paraded amongst devoted followers and the…
Corpus Christi Procession North Sydney, 1934
The feast of Corpus Christi (Body of Christ) has been held since the 13c. The host, Blessed sacrament, the consecrated body of Christ, is brought outside of its usual place in the sanctuary of the altar and paraded amongst devoted followers and the…
Saltbush Bill, Knight of the Stockwhip gives performance to Royal Family at Buckingham Palace.
Born in Victoria, Saltbush Bill was dubbed ‘Knight of the Stockwhip’ and travelled throughout Australia performing feats with the stockwhip. The royal family invited him to perform for them in London at Buckingham Palace, which he did.…