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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

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

â€˜The Black Knightâ€™

This detailed action photograph of two knights jousting was taken at the Blacktown Medieval Fayre by Richard Taylor in 2011. Considerable attention to detail is evidenced by quality gear and trappings. Note the blunt headed lance and knightly…

Weddings at Sunshine Castle, Bli Bli

The Sunshine Castle is a popular tourist destination on the Sunshine Coast in Queensland. Influenced by a Norman architectural style, and complete with medieval additions such as a moat, turrets and a drawbridge, the castle hosts markets and…

Tags: Bli Bli, castle, entertainment, function venue, herald, knight, medieval feast, Norman, Norman style, popular culture, Qld, Queensland, re-creation, re-enactment, recreation, Sunshine Castle, Sunshine Coast, tourism, tourist, venue, wedding, weddings

Suncorp Home Loan Hero advertisement

A 2012 television advertisement for Suncorp Banking features a bank lender briefly appearing to a couple as their hero, a medieval knight wearing plate armour. He is literally a knight in shining armour as a halo appears around his upper body, and…

Tags: Advert, advertisement, Armour, bank, chivalry, hero, knight, plate armour, Suncorp, Suncorp Banking, Suncorp Home Loan Hero, television, tv.

Laurie Payne & Tony Hughes in Costume for Camelot

In this black and white photograph from the Laurie Payne Collection of Theatrical Photographs (held by the National Library of Australia), actors Laurie Payne and Tony Hughes in their costumes for the musical Camelot are pictured with an unnamed man…

Guide to the Lohac Guilds

A list of the Guilds which the members of the Lochac Region (within the Society for Creative Anachronism) can join. Some of the Guilds include: Brewers, Vintners and Imbibers Guild Broiderers Guild Lohac Cooks' Guild Royal Guild of…

Tags: "Society for Creative Anachronism", chivalry, guild, knight, knighthood, re-enactment, recreation, SCA, society

"Le Forgeron Marionettes, Knight, 1930-1956"

Part of the Le Forgeron Marionette collection held at Museum Victoria, this marionette is of a medieval knight dressed in full body armour and wearing a helmet. It was manufactured and performed in Melbourne by Alex and Murray Smith some time between…

Tags: Armour, entertainment, knight, knights, marionette, marionettes, popular culture, popular entertainment, puppet, puppets

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