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Detail of a mounted Knightâ€™s leg at Ironfest

This close-up image of a mounted knightâ€™s leg was taken at Ironfest in 2008 by the photographer Richard Taylor. It reveals a blend of contemporary customs and traditional workmanship, for modern re-enactments of jousting require utmost…

Tags: â€˜Ironfest, â€™ joust, Armor, Armour, body armour, caparison, combat, Full Tilt, greave, heraldry, horse, jousting, kneecup, knight, Lithgow, New South Wales, NSW, plate armour, poleyns, re-enactment, reenactment, Richard Taylor

Dressed for Battle at the SCA College Challenge Tournament, 2010

Members of the Society for Creative Anachronism (SCA) dressed in armour in preperation for the SCA 'College Challenge' tournament. In Perth, Western Australia, there are only two chapters of the SCA which are based in colleges (St. Basil (UWA) or St.…

Edward Nicholas Memorial Window, St Michael and All Angels Anglican Church, Bothwell, Tasmania

The Edward Nicholas (d. 1881) memorial window is in St Michael and All Angels Anglican Church in the Tasmanian town of Bothwell. The window consists of two lancet windows, each of which features Christ. He is framed by a representation of elaborate…

Esk Festival

The Esk Festival, also known as the Brisbane Valley Festival, is an annual single-day event held in the Queensland town Esk. A major component of the festival are displays of ‘Living History & Medieval Re-enactments’ which take place…

Eslite dâ€™ Corps: Premier 14th C Reenactment

Eslite d’ Corps: Premier 14th C Reenactment are a living history group based in the outer Brisbane suburb of Redcliffe North. The group were founded in 2006 and are headed by ‘Sir Justyn Webb’. Eslite d’ Corp is based on a…

Tags: Archery, Armour, art, axe, Brisbane, combat, costume, craft, dance, Edward III, Eslite dâ€™ Corps, feast, food, Guillaume de Machaut, gunnery, halberd, helmet, jousting, living history, music, performance, Philip VI, Qld, Queensland, re-creation, re-enactment, Redcliffe North, shield, Sir Justyn Webb, spear, sword, tournament, website.

Europa Re-enactment Association Inc.

Europa Re-Enactment Association Inc. are a living history group based at Springwood in the Blue Mountains, New South Wales. The group focus on the period of Viking rule of the city of Jorvik (York) in northern England from 876-954. They re-enact such…

Tags: Archery, Armour, article, Blue Mountains, Celtic cross, combat, cooking, costume, craft, culture, England, Europa Re-enactment, Europa Re-enactment Association Inc., games, helmet, hut, Jorvik, living history, logo, map, Middleton Cross, New South Wales, Norse, NSW, OÃ°inr, Odin, oven, performance, re-enactment, ring-chain, shield, spear, Springwood, sword, viking, warrior, website, Wiccy, York.

Extracts from the Melbourne Newspaper, The Argus

A series of extracts from The Argus ranging from 1878 to 1880. They tell of the Kelly Gang's exploits and their encounters with colonial Victorian law enforcement. A few of the extracts towards the end of the list include descriptions of the…

Tags: Armour, Australian landscape, bush, bushranger, bushrangers, crime, criminal, Edward Kelly, Kelly Gang, knight, knights, landscape, law, legal, legend, legends, media, Melbourne, myth, mythology, Ned Kelly, police, stealing, theft

Fighting Demonstration at the Balingup Medieval Carnivale, 2012

A photograph of a medieval-style combat demonstration at the Balingup Medieval Carnivale, 2012.

Tags: Armour, Balingup, Balingup Medieval Carnivale, battle, carnival, carnivale, chivalry, combat, demonstration, display, Donnybrook, fair, fayre, festival, fight, fighting, knight, knighthood, knights, medieval, Perth, re-creation, recreation, Shire of Donnybrook-Balingup, sword, swords, tournament, WA, weaponry, weapons, Western Australia

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