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His Last Wish
An article on page 5 of the Victorian newspaper The Broadford Courier and Reedy Creek Times on June 20, 1902. The anonymous article is about the will of Alfred the Great, king of the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Wessex in southern England. It mentions that…
Alfred the Great
An article on page 5 of the regional Victorian newspaper The Broadford Courier and Reedy Creek Times on June 20, 1902. The anonymous article is about the will of Alfred the Great, king of the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Wessex in southern England. In…
St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Skipton - Interior
St Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Skipton, was designed by architects Davidson and Henderson of Geelong and built in 1871-2. The bluestone building is in the Gothic Revival style and features pointed arch windows and a square bell tower with a…
St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Skipton, Victoria - Church Tower
St Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Skipton, was designed by architects Davidson and Henderson of Geelong and built in 1871-2. The bluestone building is in the Gothic Revival style and features pointed arch windows and a square bell tower with a…
St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Skipton, Victoria - Side View
St Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Skipton, was designed by architects Davidson and Henderson of Geelong and built in 1871-2. The bluestone building is in the Gothic Revival style and features pointed arch windows and a square bell tower with a…
Statue of St. George and the Dragon, State Library of Victoria
Image of the St George and the Dragon bronze statue at the entrance to the State Library of Victoria in Melbourne. The statue is the work of Viennese-born sculptor Joseph Edgar Boehm. It was purchased by the State Library of Victoria for the sum of…
Tags: bronze, Centennial International Exhibition, chivalric tradition, Crusades, dragon, exhibition, Golden Legend, hagiography, international exhibition, Jacobus de Voragine, knight, legend, Melbourne, mythology, Saint George, sculpture, Sir Joseph Edgar Boehm (1834-1890), spear, Speculum Historiale, St George, St George and the Dragon sculpture, State Library of Victoria, statue, sword, Victoria, Vincent of Beauvais (c.1190-1264)
Kryal Castle, Ballarat
Kryal Castle is a tourist attraction 8km from Ballarat in Victoria. Described as ‘Australia’s unique medieval castle’, Kryal Castle can also be hired for weddings, conferences, functions, and special events. It was built in 1972…
Tags: Ballarat, battlements, castle, crenelation, drawbridge, gate, Keith Ryall, Kryal Castle, moat, porticullis, tourism, tower, Vic, Victoria
Viking busker article
The online newspaper article ‘Border fight spells trouble for viking busker’ appears in the online version of The Age newspaper, having originally appearing in the Albury, Victoria, newspaper The Border Mail. The article reports on the…
Tags: Albury, busker, horned helmet, Melbourne, performance, re-enactment, reproduction, sword, The Age, The Border Mail, Vic, Victoria, viking