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"Saint Joan"

This article from the Sunday Times provides a positive review of George Bernard Shaw’s “Saint Joan”, which premiered in Australia at His Majesty’s Theatre in 1932. “Saint Joan” is a play based on the life…

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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…

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"The GÃ¶theborg Welcoming Party"

A hyperlink to an archived news article on the Miss Maud's website. On 13 May 2006 employees of Miss Maud's bakehouse, hotel, restaurant and pastry houses welcomed the Swedish Ship GÃ¶theborg as it stopped off at Fremantle Harbour on its journey…

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"Torture Wheel" at Kryal Castle

An image taken at the Kryal Castle model Medieval Torture display. This mannequin is being tortured upon the breaking wheel, an effective form of capital punishment used in the Middle Ages.

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Located 8km from Ballarat in…

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(Former) St Matthewâ€™s Presbyterian Church entrance, Glenorchy, Hobart, Tasmania

The former St Matthew’s Presbyterian Church is in the suburb of Glenorchy in Hobart, Tasmania. It was designed by the convict architect James Blackburn (1803-1854) in 1839. The foundation stone was laid by Governor Sir John Franklin (1786-1847)…

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“Millie and Chard win Beauty and the Geek Australia”, Perth Now, 29 November 2012.

This online article from the Perth Now website describes the fourth season finale show of TV programme Beauty & the Geek Australia, from which contestants Chard and Millie emerged as winners. Pursuing a ‘happily ever after’ fairytale…

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‘Allan Wilkie: Henry VIII on Stage’, The Sunday Times, 27 April 1930

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This article published in The Sunday Times reviews a production of ‘Henry VIII’ staged at the His Majesty's Theatre in Perth by the Allan Wilkie Company in 1930. Assisted by elaborate scenes and plush costumes it succeeded, according to…

‘Meet Saltbush Bill – A Real Troubador of the Outback’, Western Mail, 1 July 1954

This interest piece from the Western Mail in 1954 introduces readers to Saltbush Bill, a travelling Australian folk band created and led by Queenslander William Rawle. The article likens the band to the troubadours of the medieval period, because…

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