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Queensland Living History Federation

The Queensland Living History Federation (QLHF) are an umbrella group based in Brisbane for 54 smaller historical re-enactment, or living historian, groups in Queensland. QLHF formed in 1997 and its members re-enact time periods from the Roman Empire…

Tags: Brisbane, Fort Lytton National Park, History Alive, living history, Lytton, Qld, QLHF, Queensland, Queensland Living History Federation, re-enactment

Pugin Foundation

The Pugin Foundation is a not for profit organisation based in Victoria. Their website is devoted to the works of English architect August Welby Northmore Pugin (1812-1852). The website has a particular focus on the Pugin-designed churches built in…

Tags: Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin, Catholic, churches, essays, Gothic, Gothic Revival, New South Wales, NSW, Pugin Foundation, Qld, Queensland, Tas, Tasmania, Vic, Victoria, website.

The White Knights for Justice

The White Knights for Justice are a society who represents victims of injustice. They were founded in 1992 and are based in the Gold Coast suburb of Southport, Queensland, and were founded by a member of the Special Air Services Regiment (SAS), and…

Tags: cross, crosses, Gold Coast, horse, justice, knights, law, legal, Qld, Queensland, SAS, secret society, Special Air Service Regiment, White Knights, White Knights for Justice

Knights Order of Lion Rampant

Knights Order of Lion Rampant is a living history group based in the Brisbane suburb of Lutwyche. The group were founded in 1991 and focus on the culture of chivalry, especially that surrounding tournaments, that existed in western and central Europe…

Viking Tales: Olafâ€™s Farm

VikingTalesOlafsFarm BrisbaneCourier231107.pdf

An illustrated story on page 48? Of the Brisbane newspaper, The Queenslander, published on 23 November, 1907. The story by Jennie Hall is about a young Viking from Denmark named Olaf who, as the youngest son, has to â€˜go a-Vikingâ€™…

Tags: Brisbane, Denmark, dragon ship, fiction, illustration, Jennie Hall, literature, Norway, Odin, Qld, Queensland, ship, The Queenslander, Thor, Valhalla, viking, vikings

â€˜Vikings Visited Cairnsâ€™, Rex Gilroy, Psychic Australia

This article from ‘Psychic Australia’ in March 1977 by Rex Gilroy claims that Norse/Scandinavian sailors visited the South Pacific and northern Australia. The article, ‘Vikings Visited Cairns’’, is now freely available…

Tags: BifrÃ¶st, Cairns, horned helmet, Mysterious Australia, Norse, Odin, opera, Psychic Australia, Qld, Queensland, Rex Gilroy, Richard Wagner, Ring Cycle, Scandinavia, ship, swastika, Thor, Valkyrie, viking, Vikings Visited Cairns, website.

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.

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…

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