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Auld Kirk, Sidmouth, Tasmania

The West Tamar Presbyterian Church, commonly referred to as the Auld Kirk (Scots for old church), is located on the banks of the Tamar River in the small Tasmanian town of Sidmouth. Construction of the church began in 1843 with the support of the…

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Medieval FightClub shop

Medieval FightClub is an online store with a warehouse in the New South Wales town of Wyee. They sell ‘Historical replica products from Medieval and Ancient times’ including various weapons, clothing, drinking horns, accessories,…

Tags: Archery, Armour, axe, chain mail, cloak pin, clothing, combat, costume, Crusader, dagger, drinking horn, helmet, javelin, living history, Medieval FightClub, New South Wales, NSW, plate armour, pouch, re-enactment, replica, shield, spear, stave, store, sword, tent, viking, website, Wyee., Ye-Mail Subscription

"The GÃ¶theborg Welcoming Party"

A hyperlink to an archived news article on the Miss Maud's website. On 13 May 2006 employees of Miss Maud's bakehouse, hotel, restaurant and pastry houses welcomed the Swedish Ship GÃ¶theborg as it stopped off at Fremantle Harbour on its journey…

Tags: bakehouse, boat, Fremantle, Fremantle Harbour, GÃ¶theborg, hotel, Miss Maud, restaurant, ship, Sweden, Swedish, viking, vikings

Gerni Weekend Warriors advertisement

‘Gerni Weekend Warriors’ is a marketing campaign created by Sydney ad agency MJW to promote Gerni high pressure water cleaners. The television advert features three men dressed as warriors from the past using a Gerni to clean their cars…

Tags: Advert, advertisement, Armour, centurion, costume, Gerni, Gerni Weekend Warriors, helmet, MJW, Mongol, New South Wales, NSW, retail, Roman, Sydney, television, tv, viking, warrior, weapon, website, YouTube.

New England Medieval Arts Society

The New England Medieval Arts Society (NEMAS) are a historical re-enactment group based in the New South Wales city of Armidale. The group concentrates on the fourth- to eleventh-century early medieval period (sometimes referred to as the â€˜Dark…

Tags: Anglo-Saxon, Armidale, Armidale State Forest, Byzantine, Dark Ages, early medieval, longhouse, NEMAS, New England, New England Medieval Arts Society, New South Wales, Norman, NSW, re-enactment, viking

Rognvaldâ€™s Lith: Lismore Medieval Re-enactment Society

Rognvald’s Lith: Lismore Medieval Re-enactment Society is a re-enactment group founded in 2003 and based in Lismore, New South Wales. The group concentrate on the period 700-1200 and such peoples as Anglo-Saxons, Normans, Rus, and Vikings.…

Rusland NGV Garrison

Rusland NGV Garrison are a Viking re-enactment group which formed in 1991. They are part of the larger New Varangian Guard group. Rusland recreate the Varangian Guard, the bodyguard of the Byzantine Emperors and their cultural and military lifestyle…

Tags: axe, bodyguard, Byzantium, combat, New Varangian Guard, NGV Garrison, Norse, re-enactment, Rusland, saex, spear, sword, Varangian, viking, website.

On the Viking Trail

A travel report on page 4 of the Adelaide newspaper The Mail, on January 11, 1936. The report was written by artist and aviator Jeune Scott-Kemball who, with her mother, became the first South Australian women to visit Iceland. Despite its title, the…

Tags: Adelaide, Iceland, illustration, Jeune Scott-Kemball, Leifur Eiricksson, photograph, SA, ship, South Australia, The Mail, viking, vikings

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