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The Card Castle, Launceston, Tasmania

The Card Castle is a card and gift shop in the Old Brisbane Arcade in the Tasmanian city of Launceston. The two signs for the store feature a castle. Whilst one provides merely the outline of a castle wall and tower with crenelated parapets, the…

Tags: advertising, castle, crenellation, draw-bridge, Launceston, moat, Old Brisbane Arcade, parapet, pointed arch, shop, sign, Tas, Tasmania, The Card Castle, tower.

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.

The Dragonâ€™s Realm re-enactment group and store, Burnie, Tas

The Dragon’s Realm are both a re-enactment group and a retail store based in the northern Tasmanian city of Burnie. The store opened in 2006 and is located in the CBD in a former church built in the Gothic Revival style with buttresses and…

The Esford Armoury â€˜Knights Templarâ€™ Range

This website advertises a range of Knights Templar garb and weaponry that has been designed with the guidance of â€˜The Knights Templarâ€™, a Brisbane-based re-enactment society. The Knights Templar formed what was arguably the most powerful…

The Grey Company

The Grey Company are an historical re-enactment group based in Perth. They concentrate on the â€˜Dark Agesâ€™ or early medieval period and its various peoples, especially Anglo-Saxons, Celts, Normans, Saracens, and Vikings, but they also…

Tags: Anglo-Saxons, Armour, battle, Celts, clothing, combat, Crusades, Dark Ages, Grey Company, knights, Normans, Perth, re-enactment, Saracens, templar knights, Turks, vikings, WA, weapons, Western Australia

The Happy Viking: Leatherwork and craft of the Viking and Medieval Age

The Happy Viking: Leatherwork and craft of the Viking and Medieval Age is an online store which opened in 2012. It is owned by Elizabeth (Hlif), a re-enactor from Maleny, Queensland. The hand-made Australian products include leatherwork, pottery,…

Tags: Braid, Celtic, craft, Elizabeth (Hlif), jewellery, leatherwork, Maleny, pottery, Qld, Queensland, re-enactment, store, Sweden, The Happy Viking, The Happy Viking: Leatherwork and craft of the Viking and Medieval Age, ValsgÃ¤rde, viking, weaving, website.

The Illuminations of Melbourne - the General Post Office

Image of the Melbourne General Post Office at night. The building was illuminated to celebrate the arrival of Queen Victoria to Australia. The lights on the building read "God Save the Queen" and "Long May She Reign." It was a medieval custom to…

Tags: English sentimentality, General Post Office, God Save the Queen, illuminations, lights, Melbourne, queen, Queen Victoria, Royal family, Royal visit, Victoria

The Kingâ€™s Horses Medieval Equestrian Society Inc., Ballarat, Victoria

The King’s Horses Medieval Equestrian Society Inc. are a living history group based in the Victorian city of Ballarat. The group were formed in 2007 to focus on the equestrian aspects of the medieval period, especially the 13th century. The…

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