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The Ancient Order of Foresters - Women Parading in Headdresses

Image depicting two women of the Ancient Order of Foresters wearing elaborate headdresses 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 the first…

The Abbey Museum of Art & Archaeology, Brisbane

The Abbey Museum of Art & Archaeology, located in Brisbane, Queensland, aims to provide an understanding of the human past through dynamic interpretation and historical re-enactment. They provide displays and offer a diversity of events and…

The "India" Small Pox Scare

India Small Pox Scare_West Australian Sunday Times_11 March 1900_p2.pdf

In this letter to the editor of the West Australian Sunday Times in March 1900, the correspondent â€œB. Knightedâ€ complains about quarantine practices that required doctors who boarded ships docked at Albany to quarantine patients suffering…

Tags: Albany, disease, doctor, medieval medical practices, medieval regulations, quarantine, S.S. India, ship, small pox, smallpox

Swordcraft

Swordcraft is a live medieval re-enactment roleplaying game in which players wear realistic costumes and fight with realistic-looking weapons made of rubber and foam, and padded arrows. For photographs see the Gallery on their website. The group is…

Tags: Archery, Armour, arrow, battle, costume, fantasy, game, J.R.R. Tolkien, Melbourne, Orc, performance, re-enactment, roleplay, Swordcraft, The Lord of the Rings, Vic, Victoria, Warhammer, weapons, World of War

Sword-fight, Balingup Medieval Carnivale parade

A close-up digital photograph of a section of the parade at the Balingup Medieval Carnivale. This image features an impromptu sword-fight. Unfortunately for the combatant on horseback, he has no clear height advantage over his opponent on foot. The…

Tags: Balingup, Balingup Medieval Carnivale, battle, carnival, horse, knight, knights, parade, re-creation, recreation, Shire of Donnybrook-Balingup, South-West WA, sword, sword-fight, swords, WA, weaponry, weapons, Western Australia

Sword World Australasia

Sword World Australasia is a Perth-based company which specialises in creating high quality military swords and accessories. A large number of period swords are available, including many from the medieval period, such as those associated with the…

Tags: battle, battles, combat, display, Perth, re-creation, sword, Sword World, WA, Western Australia

Suncorp Home Loan Hero advertisement

A 2012 television advertisement for Suncorp Banking features a bank lender briefly appearing to a couple as their hero, a medieval knight wearing plate armour. He is literally a knight in shining armour as a halo appears around his upper body, and…

Tags: Advert, advertisement, Armour, bank, chivalry, hero, knight, plate armour, Suncorp, Suncorp Banking, Suncorp Home Loan Hero, television, tv.

Suit of armour, Balingup Medieval Carnivale

A photograph of a suit of armour at the Balingup Medieval Carnivale. The suit is made of plate armour, dating it to post 1300. The suit includes a helmet with visor, breastplate, gorget, cuisse, and poleyn.

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