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Viking Statue, Miss Maud's

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, horned helmet, hotel, limestone, Miss Maud, Perth, restaurant, Scandinavia, sculpture, statue, statues, Sweden, Swedish, viking, vikings, WA, Western Australia

Battle Between SCA Members at the 2010 College Challenge

Members of the Society for Creative Anachronism (SCA) fighting in a tournament known as 'the College Challenge.' The battle depicted in these images was fought between members from both St. Basil (UWA) and St. Lazarus (Murdoch). In Perth, Western …

Citadel Medieval Society

Citadel Medieval Society is a living history group based in Queensland. The group were founded seventeen years ago and focus on two time periods and locations: the port of La Rochelle, France, in c. 1370 during the Hundred Years War; and the German…

“Millie and Chard win Beauty and the Geek Australia”, Perth Now, 29 November 2012.

This online article from the Perth Now website describes the fourth season finale show of TV programme Beauty & the Geek Australia, from which contestants Chard and Millie emerged as winners. Pursuing a ‘happily ever after’ fairytale…

Tags: Australian TV, Beauty & the Geek, broadcast, Channel 7, Chard, fairytale, finale, jousting, knight, masquerade ball, medieval challenge, medieval festivities, Millie, princess, program, programme, sonnet, television, winners

Establishing the Commonwealth Culture: A Distinctly Australian Event

This article written by the Australian Broadcasting Commission in 2010 displays a collection of primary source materials pertaining to the Australian Federation Parade in Sydney in 1901. Of particular interest are the groups of people present…

The Crimson Cog

The Crimson Cog are a historical re-enactment group in New South Wales. They focus on the Hanseatic League in the years 1250-1300, particularly the city of Lübeck in northern Germany. The Hanseatic League were a confederation of merchant guilds…

Tags: Baltic Sea, cog, Germany, Hanseatic League, LÃ¼beck, merchant, New South Wales, North Sea, NSW, re-enactment, ship, The Crimson Cog, trade, website.

Crossroads Medieval Village

A link to the website for the Crossroads Medieval Village Project. The project is aimed at building "an ecologically sustainable community, with excellent facilities for medieval activities." Located on a property in Yass, New South Wales, the aim of…

Tags: artisan, artisans, blacksmith, blacksmithing, co-operative, craft, crafts, Crossroads Medieval Village, ecologically sustainable, embroidery, Medieval activities, New South Wales, NSW, pre-industrial, sustainability, village, Yass

Danelaw Medieval Fighting Society, New South Wales

Danelaw Medieval Fighting Society are a New South Wales re-enactment group who own The Danelaw, a 120 acre property in a pine forest between Sydney and Canberra that is used by re-enactment groups. The property includes a fort, axe- and…

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