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Female Servant’s Revolt
This illustration is an early reference to the beginnings of the eight-hour movement. One of the first marches took place in Melbourne in 1856, when the Stonemasons working on the build of the University of Melbourne, marched to Parliament protesting…
King Working-Man
This illustration portrays the great fear of the establishment in the late nineteenth century in Australia, an organised workforce. Union organisation and affiliation and the strengthening of fraternities and friendly societies appeared to create a…
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…
History Alive: A Journey Through Time
History Alive: A Journey Through Time is a re-enactment weekend event held by The Queensland Living History Federation (QLHF). The event is held at Fort Lytton National Park and features re-enactment groups covering the period from the Roman Empire…
‘Home-made medieval war machine goes off with a bang’
This online article by Carol Raabus was posted in 2009 on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s Hobart page. It is about local man Doug Pattison and his re-creation of siege engines. He has built a trebuchet, first used in the twelfth…
Rognvald’s Lith: Lismore Medieval Re-enactment Society
Rognvald’s Lith: Lismore Medieval Re-enactment Society is a re-enactment group founded in 2003 and based in Lismore, New South Wales. The group concentrate on the period 700-1200 and such peoples as Anglo-Saxons, Normans, Rus, and Vikings.…
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Rusland NGV Garrison
Rusland NGV Garrison are a Viking re-enactment group which formed in 1991. They are part of the larger New Varangian Guard group. Rusland recreate the Varangian Guard, the bodyguard of the Byzantine Emperors and their cultural and military lifestyle…
Tags: axe, bodyguard, Byzantium, combat, New Varangian Guard, NGV Garrison, Norse, re-enactment, Rusland, saex, spear, sword, Varangian, viking, website.
‘Under Merlin’s Spell’
This entertainment piece from The West Australian’s online edition reviews the BBC series Merlin (2008). At the time the article was written in 2010, the second season of the series was being aired on Australian television by Channel 10. The…