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"Serfs Hit Back" Online Article

An online article on June 18, 2011, by Jennifer Witham based on comments that AFL commentator Leigh Matthews made on-air at the Melbourne radio station 3AW. Matthews described the pay claims of the players against the AFL as the â€˜serfs fighting…

Tags: 3AW, AFL, Australian football, Australian Football League, Australian Rules, Australian rules football, feudal, football, Jennifer Witham, Leigh Matthews, Melbourne, online, pay dispute, radio, sport, Victoria, website

"Rumpelstiltskin" Pan Pow Productions stage performance at Monash University, 1974

A Photograph of Act 1, Scene 4 from a 1974 stage performance of "Rumpelstiltskin" at the Alexander Theatre, Monash University, featuring Beverley Gardiner as Gretchen and Penelope Richards and Paul Kennedy as the two…

"New Bishop Consecrated at Brilliant Ceremony," in The Argus.

New Bishop Consecrated at Brilliant Ceremony_The Argus_29 October 1936_p10.pdf

This illustrated article from The Argus provides an account of a ceremony in St Paulâ€™s Cathedral (Melbourne) to mark the consecration of William Herbert Johnson as the Bishop of Ballarat in 1936. It describes the procession - consisting of the…

"Ned Kelly at Bay"

This print of a wood engraving of Ned Kelly in his final battle is based on a sketch 'drawn on the spot' by T. Carrington. The picture shows a Ned Kelly in his helmet firing his pistol. His plate body armour is hidden by an overcoat. The armour and…

Tags: Armour, Australia, Australian identity, crime, highway man, knight, knighthood, national identity, Ned Kelly, Vic, Victoria, wood engraving

"Gargoyles of Melbourne: Quaint and Curious Carvings by John Russell Parry," in The Argus

Gargoyles of Melbourne_The Argus_10 August 1929_p10.pdf

A lengthy illustrated article by John Russell Parry about gargoyles in Melbourne that appeared in the Melbourne newspaper The Argus on August 10, 1929. The article provides the etymology of 'gargoyle', derived from Latin via Old French, and explains…

Tags: carving, gargoyle, gargoyles, Gothic, gothic architecture, John Russell Parry, Latin, Melbourne, Old French, sculptor, sculpture, The Argus, Vic, Victoria

'The Viking': A film review in the â€˜Camperdown Chronicleâ€™

A film review in the â€˜Camperdown Chronicleâ€™ on August 24, 1929 for â€˜The Vikingâ€™. The review is featured in the â€˜Camperdown Theatre: Tonightâ€™s Picturesâ€™ section on page 5. Unlike other reviews of the film,…

Tags: Camperdown, Camperdown Chronicle, cinema, Erik the Red, film, film review, films, Greenland, Helga, Lief Eriksson, Norseman, pagan, review, Thorhild, Vic, Victoria, viking

'Romancing the Medieval' Unit

Level 3 undergraduate unit â€˜Romancing the Medievalâ€™ coordinated by Stephanie Trigg at the University of Melbourne. The unit covers a variety of genres of medieval literature, as well as post-16th century works that re-create or revive…

'Kryal Castle Dwarf'

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…

Tags: Ballarat, battlements, castle, court, crenelation, drawbridge, dwarf, dwarves, entertainment, figure, functions, gate, imp, jester, Keith Ryall, Kryal Castle, leisure, little people, Melbourne, moat, porticullis, re-creation, recreation, royal, royal court, royalty, statue, tourism, tower, Vic, Victoria

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