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- Collection: Medievalism at the Foundations
C. E. W. Bean Oxford University heraldic shield
Tags: Australian War Memorial, Charles Edwin Woodrow Bean, Collaroy, Commonwealth Archives, education, First World War, Gallipoli, heraldry, historians, journalism, official war histories, Oxford, Oxford University, plaque, shield, Sir William Throsby Bridges and Sir Cyril Brudnell Bingham White, Sydney Morning Herald, Tuggeranong, university, Victoria Barracks, war, Western Front, World War, World War I
Petition against Prohibition of Distilling to Sir George Gawlor
Sedition Charge "Medieval" Counsel Argues
May
One-Man Tank, ‘Medieval Knight’
Royal Engineer, Maj. Martel, invented a one-man tank that replicates the medieval knight in armour, with the addition of ‘caterpillar track legs’ and a ‘petrol engined heart’. The contraption is fashioned from car parts…
A Visit to the Deaf and Dumb Asylum, St. Kilda Road
Preparing for the Exhibition – Gilding the Dome
Tags: architecture, Brunelleschi, building, Carlton Gardens, centennial, Centennial International Exhibition, dome, exhibition, exhibition building, flagpole, Florence Cathedral, gilding, Great Hall, industry, international exhibition, Italian influence, Joseph Reed (c.1823-1890), Melbourne, painting, Royal Exhibition Building, Rundbogenstil style, semi-circular arches, showcase, Victoria, World Fair
Replica of Magna Carta Here
Tags: Acquisition, Australian government, Bruton, Canberra, Charter, constitution, constitutional law, government, Great Charter (1215), inspeximus, King Edward I (r.1272-1307), King John (r.1199-1216), King’s School, Latin, law, Magna Carta, medieval document, medieval government, medieval law, medieval parliament, medieval statute, National Library, ocean liner, Orcades, statute, vellum