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Frozen Viking Story

An article on page 8 of the Melbourne newspaper The Argus on September 9, 1922. The article corrects a previous article in The Argus that reported, based on accounts in American newspapers, that a Viking warrior had been found frozen in an iceberg…

Tags: archaeological, archaeology, artifact, artifacts, Copenhagen, costume, costumes, Dante, Denmark, finding, Greenland, Melbourne, museum, Stockholm, Sweden, The Argus, Vic, Victoria, 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.

Korffs Haven Medieval Guild

Korffs Haven Medieval Guild are a re-enactment group based in Coffs Harbour, or Korffs Haven, in New South Wales. The group concentrate on the period 1066-1166 and such peoples as Anglo-Saxons, Anglo-Normans, Crusaders, Highlanders (of Scotland), and…

Tags: Anglo-Norman, Anglo-Saxon, Archery, chain mail, Coffs Harbour, combat, cooking, costume, craft, Crusader, Crusades, dyeing, embroidery, feast, felting, food, games, helmet, Highlanders, Korffs Haven Medieval Guild, leatherwork, living history, New South Wales, Norman, NSW, performance, re-enactment, sewing, shield, slingshot, spear, stave, sword, viking, website, woodwork.

Lego Viking Shop Display

This strangely weapon-less Lego Viking warrior was used as an in-store display piece. The warrior is approximately one metre high and is wearing helmet with the horns associated with the Vikings in popular portrayals. His shield features two…

Tags: Armour, art, battle, battles, child, children, display, dragon, figurine, Lego, retail, shield, shop, shop display, Sweden, toys, viking, vikings, warrior, warriors

MacLaurin Window, Nicholson Vestibule, University of Sydney

The MacLaurin Window was created in 1920 and can be found in the Nicholson Vestibule lighting the staircase. The window has a portrait of Sir Henry Normand MacLaurin, Chancellor of the University of Sydney from 1896 to 1914, flanked by James I…

Tags: Alfred the Great, Anglo-Saxon, James I/VI, MacLaurin Window, navy, New South Wales, Nicholson Vestibule, NSW, ship, Sir Henry Normand MacLaurin, stained glass, Sydney, University of Sydney, viking, Wessex

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

Miss Maud's Viking Statue

An image of the giant Viking head statue located outside Miss Maud's Swedish restaurant and bakehouse on Fitzgerald Street in Perth, WA.

The figure has a long, bushy beard and is wearing a horned helmet. It appears to be made of limestone.…

Tags: bakehouse, bakery, dining, eating, figure, figures, Fitzgerald Street, food, helmet, hotel, limestone, Miss Maud, Perth, restaurant, sculpture, statue, statues, Sweden, Swedish, viking, vikings, WA, Western Australia

Modern Viking

A short article with photograph on page 22 of the Hobart newspaper â€˜The Mercuryâ€™ on September 5, 1953. The article reports the recent activities of the World War Two Norwegian resistance hero Lief Larsen. The article describes Larsen as…

Tags: Hobart, Lief Larsen, naval forces, navy, Norway, Norwegian, Second World War, Tas, Tasmania, The Mercury, viking, vikings, war, wars, World War, World War II, WWII

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