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The Esford Armoury â€˜Knights Templarâ€™ Range

This website advertises a range of Knights Templar garb and weaponry that has been designed with the guidance of â€˜The Knights Templarâ€™, a Brisbane-based re-enactment society. The Knights Templar formed what was arguably the most powerful…

The Dragonâ€™s Realm re-enactment group and store, Burnie, Tas

The Dragon’s Realm are both a re-enactment group and a retail store based in the northern Tasmanian city of Burnie. The store opened in 2006 and is located in the CBD in a former church built in the Gothic Revival style with buttresses and…

The Crimson Cog

The Crimson Cog are a historical re-enactment group in New South Wales. They focus on the Hanseatic League in the years 1250-1300, particularly the city of Lübeck in northern Germany. The Hanseatic League were a confederation of merchant guilds…

Tags: Baltic Sea, cog, Germany, Hanseatic League, LÃ¼beck, merchant, New South Wales, North Sea, NSW, re-enactment, ship, The Crimson Cog, trade, website.

The Card Castle, Launceston, Tasmania

The Card Castle is a card and gift shop in the Old Brisbane Arcade in the Tasmanian city of Launceston. The two signs for the store feature a castle. Whilst one provides merely the outline of a castle wall and tower with crenelated parapets, the…

Tags: advertising, castle, crenellation, draw-bridge, Launceston, moat, Old Brisbane Arcade, parapet, pointed arch, shop, sign, Tas, Tasmania, The Card Castle, tower.

The Blessing of Fleet the Procession, Fremantle

A photograph of members of the WA Portuguese Community congregated outside St Patrick's Basilica in Fremantle during the 'Blessing of the Fleet' celebrations in 1979. The Blessing of the Fleet takes place in Fremantle, Western Australia, on the…

The Australasian Living History Federation (ALHF)

"The Australasian Living History Federation (ALHF) was established in 2002 to source and manage appropriate and affordable Public Liability insurance for Historical Reenactment societies and Living History groups across Australia.

As of September…

Tags: Australasian, Australia, Australian, federation, insurance, law, laws, legal, leisure, living history, public liability, re-creation, recreation, reenactment, safety, sport

The Ancient Order of Foresters' Billycart Float

Images of children belonging to the Ancient Order of Foresters riding billycart floats at a NSW parade. About the Ancient Order of Foresters: The Ancient Order of Foresters originated in England in the mid-eighteenth century, with the first…

The Ancient Order of Foresters Parading in Ceremonial Dress

Image depicting men of the Ancient Order of Foresters parading on horses in their ceremonial dress at a parade in 1929. About the Ancient Order of Foresters: The Ancient Order of Foresters originated in England in the mid-eighteenth century, with…

Tags: Ancient Order of Foresters, banner, banners, float, floats, Foresters, fraternities, fraternity, friendly societies, friendly society, horse, horses, New South Wales, NSW, parade, parades, procession, processions, Ted Hood

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