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The Hungry Jacks television advertisement for their Chicken Minis burger opens with a jousting tournament on the ‘Isle of Shetland’, Scotland. A knight in full armour and helmet with visor rides a Shetland pony and carries a lance. The…

The website and advertisements for Four Season Gutter Protection feature four cartoon medieval foot soldiers wearing helmets and brandishing shields and weapons – flails (a type of mace) and spears or pikes. The heads of the weapons are in the…

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This poster advertises two performances of Henry Purcell’s ‘King Arthur’ by the Evandale Village Singers in late October 2012 at St Andrew’s Anglican Church in Evandale. Henry Purcell’s ‘King Arthur’ is a…

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This billboard in Launceston advertises James Boag’s Draught beer. The logo for the beer features an armoured knight wearing a helmet and thrusting downwards with a spear. Behind him lies a dragon. The inclusion of a dragon suggests that the…

Viking Unsweetened Milk Western Mail 891899.pdf
An advertisement on page 15 of the Perth newspaper ‘Western Mail’ on September 8, 1899. The advert is for unsweetened milk made by Henri Nestle in the ‘highlands’ of Norway and sold by Preston and Co. in Fremantle, Western…

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A poem advertising the film ‘The Viking’ on page 6 of the Darwin newspaper, the Northern Territory Times on July 24, 1931. The poem mentions historical Viking Age Danish kings Gorm and his son Harald Bluetooth, and other terms associated…

An online advertisement by Virgin Mobile Australia. The advert plays on the popular image of Robin Hood, complete with images of archery, a lute being played, and a group of Merry Men. Robin Hood is now Robin da Hood, wearing a red (the colour…
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