'Viking ship spotted off remote NT island'
ABC, ABC News, Arnhem Land, article, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, dragon ship, Elcho Island, longship, news, Northern Territory, NT, replica, Russia, ship, Sydney, Viking, website, Tim Wethers.
<p>‘Viking ship spotted off remote NT island’ appeared on the online version of ABC News on September 18, 2012. The replica Viking ship was seen off the coast of Elcho<br />Island in Arnhem Land, Northern Territory. The ship was sailed by a crew of six Russians from Europe and was heading for a museum in Sydney. The Viking longship<br />is often referred to as a dragon ship due to the carved figure-head on the bow, as seen in the photograph of the replica by Tim Wethers.</p>
<p>The article is available<br />at <a href="http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-09-18/viking-ship-spotted-off-nt/4266796">http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-09-18/viking-ship-spotted-off-nt/4266796</a></p>
Wethers, Tim
September 18, 2012
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Online newspaper article; Hyperlink
‘The Sagamen’, <em>The Bulletin</em>, 2 May 1907
armour, battle-axe, conquest, dragon ship, Francis William Ophel (1871-1912), Freya, heroism, Iceland, Norns, Odin, paganism, runes, sagas, shields, Skaldic tales, spells, swords, Thor, Valhalla, Valkyrie, Vikings, violence, warriors.
‘Prospect Good’ was the nom de plume of the gold prospector, fossicker, and bush poet, Francis William Ophel. This poem, ‘The Sagamen,’ is filled with vivid imagery drawn in the style of Old Icelandic sagas (Louise D’Arcens, <em>Old Songs in the Timeless Land: Medievalism in Australian Literature 1840-1910</em>, Turnhout, Brepols, 2011, p.142). According to Ophel’s logic, the content of these Skaldic tales is no different from speeches and editorials designed to legitimize nineteenth-century imperial narratives; they cleverly subvert truth and disguise real-life events under a nuanced and textured layer of bravado and heroic deeds where violence is praised and overvalued. In contrast, Ophel’s is likely suggesting here that there is nothing glorious about slaughter, plunder, theft and rapine, and the over reliance on strong-arm tactics. Presumably the political rationale for this strategy is formed along the lines of: ‘they’ did it ‘back then,’ so it must be alright for ‘us’ to emulate ‘now’; but Ophel, who realises that this reasoning is mendacious, states plainly and firmly in The Sagamen’s final couplet: “The naked truth is hidden / Beneath a web of words".
‘Prospect Good’ (Francis William Ophel)
<em>The Bulletin</em>
<em>The Bulletin</em>
2 May 1907, p.43
Public Domain
Journal (Microfilm)
Viking Brand label
Ad, advert, advertisement, dragon ship, Gokstad ship, Hobart, W.H. Ikin & Son, label, shield, ship, Tas, Tasmania, Viking, Viking Brand, Viking Brand Fancy Grade Pears.
<p>This pear case label for Viking Brand Fancy Grade Pears is approximately A4-size. It probably dates from 1938 or 1939 (see link below). Viking Brand were exported by W.H. Ikin & Son in Hobart and the produce was from Tasmania. The advert depicts a Viking dragon boat with both oars and sail being used. The boat also has round shields along its side, as is historically attested from the tenth-century Gokstad ship found in 1880 and now housed in the Viking Ship Museum near Oslo, Norway. The advertisement also proudly states that the pears are ‘Empire Produce’.</p>
<p>For more information see <a href="http://catalogue.statelibrary.tas.gov.au/item/?id=682142">http://catalogue.statelibrary.tas.gov.au/item/?id=682142</a></p>
Viking Brand
1938-1939
Viking Brand
Scanned document/JPEG
Viking Ship Shop Sign, South Australia
Adelaide Hills, Artis Zalups, Cape Jervis, dragon, dragon ship, longship, Mount Compass, SA, shop, shield, ship, sign, signage, South Australia, Viking, Viking Furniture
This photograph shows a sign above the Viking Furniture shop in Mount Compass in the Adelaide Hills region of South Australia. The sign depicts a Viking dragon ship, or longship, made of wood, featuring a dragon head and tail, mast, and shields along the side of the ship. Unfortunately the shop is empty so no report can be made of the Viking furniture.
One of the most famous dragon ships was the late tenth-century Ormen Lange (Long Serpent) of the Norwegian king Olaf Tryggvason.
Dorey, Margaret
1 December 2011
Artis Zalups
Digital Photograph; JPEG
Viking Tales: Olaf’s Farm
Brisbane, Denmark, dragon ship, fiction, Jennie Hall, illustration, literature, Norway, Odin, QLD, Queensland, The Queenslander, ship, Thor, Valhalla, Viking, vikings
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 ‘go a-Viking’ (raiding) in order to accumulate wealth. He builds a ship with a dragon prow and leads a crew to Norway where they successfully raid along the coast. After forcing themselves upon a local farming household the Danes end up having a pleasant evening with the farmer and his family and reward them richly with gifts the following morning. The crew are then defeated in a naval battle by the fleet of king Halfdan and all die except Olaf who becomes a ‘thrall’ (servant) of Halfdan. The characters also invoke aspects Norse mythology, including Valhalla and the gods Odin and Thor. The story was taken from ‘Prairie Farmer’ and includes an illustration of the armed Vikings bursting into the farmhouse.
Hall, Jennie
National Library of Australia
The Queenslander
November 23 1907
No Copyright
Newspaper Article
English