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‘Dam(n)pier as Mephistopheles’
‘Dam(n)pier as Mephistopheles,’ is The Bulletin cartoonist Phil May’s humorous pun on actor and theatrical entrepreneur Alfred Dampier’s name (See Louise D'Arcens, Old Songs in the Timeless Land: Medievalism in Australian…
‘An I.O.G.T. Idyll’
This amusing temperance ‘ditty’ describes the adventures of “a burly Templar chief†whose carefree night of drinking turns out to be more than he expected or bargained for. The I.O.G.T. was a temperance society (The…
A Viking's Sword
A highly romanticised article on page 46 of the Brisbane newspaper The Queenslander on 17 May, 1934. The article reports on a male Viking warrior grave uncovered in Sweden. Among the various grave-goods found was a sword made in England. This leads…
A Viking Funeral Ship
An article on page 2 of the Launceston newspaper the Examiner on September 2, 1908. The anonymous public interest article reports on the recent excavation of the Oseberg ship in Norway. The article describes the ninth-century burial ship, found under…
A Viking Drinking Cup
An article on page 7 of the Grafton, New South Wales newspaper, The Clarence and Richmond Examiner on December 19, 1903. The article reports the discovery of a Viking burial on the island of Unst in the Shetland Islands, Scotland. Along with human,…