"Rumpelstiltskin" Pan Pow Productions stage performance at Monash University, 1974
subject: Alexander Theatre, child, fairytale, gold, Grimm Brothers, king, knights, medieval costume, medieval dress, Monash University, Monash, university, Pan Pow Productions, performers, play, queen, Rumpelstiltskin, spinning wheel, straw, theatre, theatre group, theatrical production, Victoria
description: A Photograph of Act 1, Scene 4 from a 1974 stage performance of "Rumpelstiltskin" at the Alexander Theatre, Monash University, featuring Beverley Gardiner as Gretchen and Penelope Richards and Paul Kennedy as the two knights. â€œRumpelstiltskinâ€ is a childrenâ€™s fairytale by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm. It was first written in 1812 and expanded in 1857. It tells the story of a Millerâ€™s daughter who is forced to spin straw into gold on threat of her life for three successive nights. A little man appears and offers to spin the straw for reward. On the first night she gives him her necklace, on the second her ring but on the third she has nothing to give and promises him her first born child. Years later, after she has married the king and has her first child, the man appears and gives the queen three days to guess his name or he will take her child. After two days of guessing to no avail, the queenâ€™s messenger (according to the 1857 version) stumbles upon the man dancing and singing in a house in the forest. The song he sings mentions his name, which the queen correctly reveals the following day. Although no date is given in the tale, the characters - involving a king, a queen and royal knights - and the importance of the spinning wheel are often assumed to indicate a medieval setting.
creator: Anon.
source: Monash University Archives
publisher: Monash University
date: 1974
rights: Monash University
format: Hyperlink

Murder Scene, 'Murder in the Cathedral', Bonython Hall, Adelaide.
subject: actor, actors, Adelaide, archbishop, Archbishop of Canterbury, Australian Elizabethan Trust, Bonython Hall, Canterbury Cathedral, cathedral, Hugh de Morville, knight, murder, â€˜Murder in the Cathedralâ€™, medieval crime, play, Reginald Fitzurse, Richard le Bret, Robert Speaight, South Australia, T. S. Eliot, Thomas aâ€™Becket, Thomas Becket, verse drama, William de Tracy
description: British actor, Robert Speaight (as Thomas a'Becket) in the murder scene from 'Murder in the Cathedral', performed in Bonython Hall, Adelaide, with 4 knights (L to R: Ron Haddrick, Ken Broadbent, Eric Reiman and Ron Graham, members of the Australian Elizabethan Theatre). â€˜Murder in the Cathedralâ€™ is a verse drama written by T. S. Eliot and first performed in 1935. The plot recreates the murder of Archbishop Thomas Becket by four knights at Canterbury Cathedral on 29 December 1170. The knights - Reginald Fitzurse, Hugh de Morville, William de Tracy and Richard le Bret - had overhead Henry II complaining about Becket and interpreted it as an order to kill him.
creator: Anon.
source: National Archives of Australia, Image number L34653
publisher: Australian News and Information Bureau, Canberra
date: 1960
rights: Australian News and Information Bureau
format: Hyperlink

C. E. W. Bean Oxford University heraldic shield 2nd
subject: Charles Edwin Woodrow Bean, Victoria Barracks, Collaroy, plaque, heraldry, education, historians, official war histories, First World War, WW1, journalism, Sydney Morning Herald, Gallipoli, Western Front, Australian War Memorial, Commonwealth Archives, Sir William Throsby Bridges and Sir Cyril Brudnell Bingham White, Tuggeranong, Oxford University, shield
description: Entry on Australian War Memorial website: Flat wooden shield designed as a wall plaque, painted with the heraldic crest of Oxford University. The crest features an open book bearing the motto 'Dominus illuminatio mea' , with two crowns above the book and one below. The top of the shield, which is cut from a single piece of wood, includes an inverted 'V' ending in a voided ring which allows it to be displayed on a wall. Permalink: http://cas.awm.gov.au/item/REL39642
creator: Anon.
source: Australian War Memorial
date: ca 1898 - 1902
rights: Australian War Memorial REL39642
format: Hyperlink

General Sir John Monash - Gold Signet Ring
subject: Sir John Monash, knighthood, First World War, World War I, World War, WW1, personal jewellery, Orders of Knighthood, knight, knighthood, ring, rings, jewellery, insignia, heraldry, latin motto, 'marte et arte', lion rampant, compass, seal ring, privy seal
description: Signet ring made from 18 carat gold. The face of the ring is impressed with a lion rampant holding a compass. In a scroll below is the latin motto 'MARTE ET ARTE' [By war and arts]. These words are impressed in the reverse to enable the ring to be used as a seal. The inner band of the ring is stamped with a maker's mark and the carat. John Monash GCMG, KCB (1865-1931) was born in West Melbourne and died in 1931 in Melbourne. Of Prussian Jewish heritage, he participated in the landing at Anzac Cover Gallipoli and assumed command of the Australian Corps in May 1918. He was a key strategist in the campaigns in France and served and commanded troops in Gallipoli. Entry on Australian War Memorial website: 'John Monash was born in Melbourne on 27 June 1865. He was dux of Scotch College and studied arts and engineering at Melbourne University, where he was also involved in debating and student politics. Outside of university he dabbled in acting. In 1884 he joined the university company of the 4th Battalion, Victorian Rifles. Monash worked on the construction of the Princes Bridge in Melbourne and in 1888 was placed in charge of constructing a new railway even though he had yet to complete his degree. Monash married Hannah Moss in April 1891. He finished his studies in 1895 and, having decided to combine engineering with a military career, was promoted to captain in the Garrison Artillery that year. In 1897 Monash was promoted to major in the North Melbourne Battery and served there for 11 years. Meanwhile, he and a friend had established a private engineering practice in 1894. The business grew steadily but a series of setbacks left him with large debts in 1902. Starting again, Monash recovered and became wealthy. He also gained promotion to lieutenant colonel in the Australian Intelligence Corps in 1908. Now prospering in business and the Army, in 1913 Colonel Monash took command of the 13th Infantry Brigade. After the outbreak of war, Monash took command of the AIF's 4t…
creator: Anon.
source: Australian War Memorial REL/12508.023
date: c. 1918
rights: Australian War Memorial REL/12508.023
format: Hyperlink; Digital image of object

Australian Infantrymen in Lord Mayor's Procession, London
subject: Australian soldiers, soldier, soldiers, Australian, First World War, World War, World War I, infantrymen, procession, processions, London, Lord Mayor, Lord Mayor's procession, livery companies, 1215, medieval custom, Buckingham Palace, King George V, Westminster, swearing oaths, allegiance, charities, defence forces, march past, salute, military uniform, dais, medieval custom
description: Australian infantrymen taking part in the Lord Mayor's Procession march past Buckingham Palace, where King George V was taking the salute. The Lord Mayor's Procession began in 1215, when the citizens of London were allowed to elect a mayor for the first time. The newly elected Mayor was required by the King's charter to make a journey from the City to Westminster to swear allegiance to the Crown. The procession still takes place today; known as the Lord May's Show. It brings together the defence forces, police, Londoners, businesses, charities and livery companies in celebration of London's past and present. From AWM Website:http://www.awm.gov.au/about/collections/photographs.asp
creator: Anon.
source: Australian War Memorial Website. ID H1852
date: 1919
rights: Public domain
format: Photograph

Hertford College Oxford heraldic shield : C E W Bean
subject: Charles Edwin Woodrow Bean, Victoria Barracks, Collaroy, plaque, heraldry, education, historians, official war histories, First World War, World War I, journalism, Sydney Morning Herald, Gallipoli, Western Front, Australian War Memorial, Commonwealth Archives, Sir William Throsby Bridges and Sir Cyril Brudnell Bingham White, Tuggeranong, Oxford, university, Oxford University
description: Entry on Australian War Memorial website: Red painted curved metal shield designed as a wall plaque, with the heraldic crest of Hertford College, Oxford University, on the front in the form of a gold hart's head surmounted by a gold heraldic dagger, both of which are edged in black. The top of the shield has a semi-circular section soldered to it, to which is attached a red painted metal inverted 'V', folded over a metal ring, which allows it to be displayed on a wall. Permalink: http://cas.awm.gov.au/item/REL39640 Summary from Australian War Memorial website: This object was collected from Charles Bean's study at his home 'Clifton' in Collaroy, NSW. Bean is perhaps best remembered for the official histories of Australia in the First World War, of which he wrote six volumes and edited the remainder. Before this, however, he was Australia's official correspondent to the war. He was also the driving force behind the establishment of the Australian War Memorial. Charles Edwin Woodrow Bean was born on 18 November 1879 at Bathurst, New South Wales. His family moved to England when he was ten. He completed his education there, eventually studying classics and law at Oxford. Bean returned to Australia in 1904 and was admitted to the New South Wales Bar. Having dabbled in journalism, Bean joined the Sydney Morning Herald as a junior reporter in January 1908. He published several books before being posted to London in 1910. In 1913 he returned to Sydney as the Herald's leader writer. When the First World War began, Bean won an Australian Journalists Association ballot and became official correspondent to the AIF. He accompanied the first convoy to Egypt, landed at Gallipoli on 25 April 1915 and began to make his name as a tireless, thorough and brave correspondent. He was wounded in August but remained on Gallipoli for most of the campaign, leaving just a few days before the last troops. He then reported on the Australians on the Western Front where his admiration of the AIF…
creator: Anon.
source: Australian War Memorial website
date: c. 1898-1902, UK
rights: Australian War Memorial REL39639
format: Photograph

C. E. W. Bean Oxford University heraldic shield
subject: Charles Edwin Woodrow Bean, Victoria Barracks, Collaroy, plaque, heraldry, education, historians, official war histories, First World War, World War, war, World War I, journalism, Sydney Morning Herald, Gallipoli, Western Front, Australian War Memorial, Commonwealth Archives, Sir William Throsby Bridges and Sir Cyril Brudnell Bingham White, Tuggeranong, Oxford, university, Oxford University, shield
description: Entry on Australian War Memorial website: Black painted curved metal shield designed as a wall plaque, with the heraldic crest of Oxford University. The crest features an open book bearing the motto 'Dominus illuminatio mea' , with two crowns above the book and one below. The top of the shield has a semi-circular section soldered to it, to which is attached a black painted metal inverted 'V', folded over a metal ring, which allows it to be displayed on a wall. Permalink: http://cas.awm.gov.au/item/REL39641 Summary from Australian War Memorial website: This object was collected from Charles Bean's study at his home 'Clifton' in Collaroy, NSW. Bean is perhaps best remembered for the official histories of Australia in the First World War, of which he wrote six volumes and edited the remainder. Before this, however, he was Australia's official correspondent to the war. He was also the driving force behind the establishment of the Australian War Memorial. Charles Edwin Woodrow Bean was born on 18 November 1879 at Bathurst, New South Wales. His family moved to England when he was ten. He completed his education there, eventually studying classics and law at Oxford. Bean returned to Australia in 1904 and was admitted to the New South Wales Bar. Having dabbled in journalism, Bean joined the Sydney Morning Herald as a junior reporter in January 1908. He published several books before being posted to London in 1910. In 1913 he returned to Sydney as the Herald's leader writer. When the First World War began, Bean won an Australian Journalists Association ballot and became official correspondent to the AIF. He accompanied the first convoy to Egypt, landed at Gallipoli on 25 April 1915 and began to make his name as a tireless, thorough and brave correspondent. He was wounded in August but remained on Gallipoli for most of the campaign, leaving just a few days before the last troops. He then reported on the Australians on the Western Front where his admiration of the AIF crystall…
creator: Anon.
source: Australian War Memorial Website
date: c 1898-1902, UK
rights: Australian War Memorial REL39641
format: Photograph; Hyperlink

Petition against Prohibition of Distilling to Sir George Gawlor
subject: Royal Hanoverian Order of Guelphic Knights, knight, knights, knighthood, George Gawlor, Prohibition, Distilling, Petition, Merchants, Tradesmen, Colonists, Comparison with Scotland and Ireland, medieval lexicon of request
description: Interested parties plead their cause, which is to allow distillation of alcoholic drinks, to his Excellency, Lieut, Col. George Gawler, Knight of the Royal Hanoverian Guelphic Order, Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Province of South Australia, and to the Legislative Assembly. Their main claims are that prohibition does not work, that they need employment, that agricultural productivity relies on distillation and that scaring people about the evils of 'drink' is counterproductive. A medieval English lexicon of complaint is found in the final addresses: 'on these grounds your petitioners respectfully pray', and 'your petitioners will ever pray, etc.' A tone of deferral to his 'Excellency' combines with rational argument against prohibition.
creator: Anon.
source: Trove
publisher: The Advertiser, p. 3
date: 1841
rights: Public domain
format: Newspaper Article; PDF
language: English