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Investiture, Royal visit of Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh, 1963, Government House, Sydney.

This photograph from 1963 shows Queen Elizabeth II, accompanied by the Duke of Edinburgh and other dignatories, knighting someone at Government House in Sydney. The photograph depicts the action of 'dubbing', a light blow with the flat side of the…

Tags: ceremony, coat of arms, dubbing, Duke, Duke of Edinburgh, Elizabeth, investiture, knighthood, New Coat of Arms, New South Wales, NSW, Queen Elizabeth II, sword, Sydney

Awl Leather: Medieval Shoes

Awl Leather is a company started by craftsman Bruce Erskine in 1991 and based in the New South Wales town of Bellingen that creates leather goods. Amongst their collection are a number of medieval shoes, some of which are based on actual medieval…

Tags: archaeology, Awl Leather, Bellingen, Bruce Erskine, Coppergate, craftsmen, England, leather-work, New South Wales, NSW, re-enactment, retail, shoes, viking, York

A Voyage to Botany Bay, With a Description of the Country, Manners, Customs, Religion &c. of the Natives.

â€˜On page 9 of this text, an attempted theft of the diamonds of the Order of the Garter is detailed: On forming a connection with one Lowe, which was but a short time previous to that evening of the month of January, which is observed as the…

Birka Traders

Birka Traders was the online store created by Peter Beatson to sell his medieval metalwork. The collection included mainly jewellery and personal items such as belt buckles and strap ends, and focussed on the early medieval period, particularly the…

Tags: archaeology, armaments, Birka, jewellery, market, merchant, metalwork, New South Wales, NSW, Peter Beatson, re-enactment, retail, Sweden, Sydney, trading centre, viking, Viking Age

St Peterâ€™s East Window, SCEGGS Great Hall, Darlinghurst, Sydney

An image of the East Window in the Great Hall at Sydney Girls Grammar School (SGEGGS) in Darlinghurst, Sydney. The window was originally installed in St Peterâ€™s church in 1867, but the church has since been incorporated into the School Hall.…

Roaming Tiger, The West Australian, 12 December 1953

This interest piece from The West Australian in 1953 discusses the symbolic use of animals in roman legends and medieval fables, and their anthropomorphic investment with human characteristics. Using an incident in New South Wales where a circus…

Tags: Aesop, Androcles, Animals, anthropomorphism, circus, coat of arms, courage, emblem, fables, folklore, gratitude, honour, lion, loyalty, Medieval Romance, Narrandera, New South Wales, NSW, popular culture, Red Riding Hood, Remus, Reynard the Fox, she-wolf, stories, story-tellers, symbolism, tiger, wolf

"Camelot": The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

An image of a record found in a York secondhand store featuring the soundtrack to the popular 1967 film "Camelot." An example of the popularity, commerciality and timelessness of Arthurian legends, the film was a box office hit in the West. The film…

Livery Buttons Leading Families of New South Wales

Livery and its insignia were integral to medieval culture; their bestowal and wearing marked allegiance and identification to particular lords, factions or beliefs. As late as the early fifteenth century, regular livery awards at Christmas or Easter…

Tags: clothing, clothing imports, crests, heraldry, James McEvoy, livery, Medieval Allegiance, New South Wales, NSW

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