11 8 1266 https://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/files/original/bb5e63d32858184396039dae640d53d9.jpg d7fb9512ada579b7157dc0e69b9be903 Omeka Image File The metadata element set that was included in the `files_images` table in previous versions of Omeka. These elements are common to all image files. Bit Depth 8 Channels 3 Height 3499 Width 752 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Medievalism on the Page Description An account of the resource This Collection examines literary medievalism from the mid-nineteenth century to the present day. It traces an arc from the populist literary medievalism of the nineteenth century, through the more rarefied modernist turn of the mid-twentieth century, to the re-emergence of popular forms such as childrenâ€™s literature and fantasy since the 1980s. In this Collection you will find items relating to printed medievalist works and also to medievalism operating in print, for example in references to medieval events, people, and literature in nineteenth- and twentieth-century texts and dramatic works. Still Image A static visual representation. Examples of still images are: paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type "text" to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource ‘Rivals’, The Bulletin, 14 July 1900 Subject The topic of the resource absent lovers, Boer War, chivalry, courtly love, Creeve Roe, favour, gift, heroism, Isabel, knight, maiden, marriage, romance, Sir Comfort, Sir Valour, soldier, valour, veldt, Victor Daley (1858-1905). Description An account of the resource ‘Rivals’ is an interesting attempt by medievalist writer Victor Daley to transform what must have been a fairly commonplace incident at that time into something more than it seems. The poem describes a young man, Sir Valour, taking leave of his sweetheart (“My Lady Fair”), and going off to fight in the Boer War. The leave-taking is transformed into a medieval tale, a deliberately romantic historicization of the present (Louise D’Arcens, Old Songs in the Timeless Land: Medievalism in Australian Literature 1840-1910, Turnhout, Brepols, 2011, p.110), whereby the couple pledge true love and the lady presents him with a token of her favour, before he sets out for foreign lands. In her knight’s protracted absence, Sir Comfort, an older and much wealthier man, slyly wins the favours of “Sweet Isabel,” and marries her. This turnaround is presumably hastened by the giving of a number of beautiful and very costly items: “Some simple rubies, strings of pearls / And diamonds for [her] hair.” Here Creeve Roe contrasts the stark unpleasant realities of the war with quasi-medieval ‘courtly’ values. The final scene, when the young man dies “in lands remote,” with Isabel’s name upon his lips, is one of shattered dreams and misplaced expectations. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Creeve Roe (Victor Daley) Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived The Bulletin Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The Bulletin Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 14 July 1900, p.32 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Public Domain Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Journal Article (Microfilm) absent lovers Boer War chivalry Courtly Love Creeve Roe favour gift heroism Isabel knight maiden marriage romance Sir Comfort Sir Valour soldier valour veldt Victor Daley (1858-1905) https://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/files/original/1d0c2d7ed7c098b7ab0d932a71f2faac.jpg 464b2271fab9adfe30c75c5fd93b9206 Omeka Image File The metadata element set that was included in the `files_images` table in previous versions of Omeka. These elements are common to all image files. Bit Depth 8 Channels 3 Height 3203 Width 1928 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Medievalism on the Page Description An account of the resource This Collection examines literary medievalism from the mid-nineteenth century to the present day. It traces an arc from the populist literary medievalism of the nineteenth century, through the more rarefied modernist turn of the mid-twentieth century, to the re-emergence of popular forms such as childrenâ€™s literature and fantasy since the 1980s. In this Collection you will find items relating to printed medievalist works and also to medievalism operating in print, for example in references to medieval events, people, and literature in nineteenth- and twentieth-century texts and dramatic works. Still Image A static visual representation. Examples of still images are: paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type "text" to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource ‘The Ballad of Sir Anopheles’, The Bulletin, 18 June 1908 Subject The topic of the resource armour, battle, chivalry, humour, knight, lance, mosquito, ogre, Sir Anopheles. Description An account of the resource The hero of this poem, as the name Sir Anopheles hints, is a mosquito. The author here humorously stages an encounter between man and mosquito as a drawn-out battle between a recumbent Ogre and an intrepid and undaunted medieval knight. It is clear from the start that the tiny knight has the mastery; indeed as the night-long battle progresses, the final result is inevitable, and the sullen Ogre’s defeat is a foregone conclusion: So all night long the battle goes, Until the vanquished ogre sinks Exhausted and the sharp lance drinks His blood [...] Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource O. C. Cabot (Edward Newton MacCulloch) Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived The Bulletin Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The Bulletin Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 18 June 1908, p.40 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Public Domain Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Journal (Microfilm) Armour battle chivalry humour knight lance mosquito ogre Sir Anopheles https://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/files/original/be252767c971b48aa96ee8f1ef283d13.pdf 8a6d64e1875c1f5b1a2d6da951f4bc1d Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Medievalism at the Foundations Description An account of the resource This Collection illustrates how medievalism has always existed â€˜in plain viewâ€™ in Australian public life, as a conspicuous cultural memory ghosting Australiaâ€™s modernity. It focuses on discourses about, debates over, and changing interpretations of i) Australiaâ€™s medievalist political and religious institutions and rituals, ii) its architecture, and iii) its civic environment. In this Collection are items relating to all three of these key areas. Firstly, you will find items that point to the medieval influences and inflections that still permeate and influence our political, legal and religious institutions and traditions. Secondly, you will find numerous examples of neo-gothic and neo-romanesque architecture, and some cases where architectural features are known to have been modelled on specific medieval buildings. Thirdly, you will find items relating to the ways in which medievalism is incorporated into our civic environments and expressed through statues, monuments and war memorials. Hyperlink Title, URL, Description or annotation. URL <a href="http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article51597233" target="_self">http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article51597233</a> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource ‘The New Renaissance’, Australian Women’s Weekly, 6 April 1955 Subject The topic of the resource Art, art appreciation, Art Prize, Australian Womenâ€™s Weekly, canvas, Henri Matisse (1869-1954), leisured, Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519), magazine, Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni (1475-1564), â€˜new renaissanceâ€™, patronage, populace, privileged, prize, Renaissance, Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (1606-1669), rich. Description An account of the resource This article from The Australian Women’s Weekly in 1955 posits contemporary Australian society as being at the precipice of a ‘New Renaissance’ in terms of widening access to and public interest in fine art. Pinpointing Ancient Greece and the Renaissance in Europe as rare periods in history when art was appreciated not only by the rich and privileged but by a large proportion of the population, the article suggests that evidence of a growing and widespread interest in art is noticeable in art school attendance and patronage trends. As a result, ‘Housewives and shop-assistants, politicians and plumbers are now among those able to tell a Matisse from a Michelangelo and to live more fully because of that ability’. The article’s overall purpose is to advertise a £2000 Art Prize offered by The Australian Women’s Weekly, so it is in the magazine’s interest to draw links between the flourishing of art in the Renaissance and the potential for contemporary interest in art to enrich society. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Anon Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived TROVE: National Library of Australia, <a href="http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article51597233" target="_self">http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article51597233</a> Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The Australian Women’s Weekly Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 6 April 1955, p.2 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Copyright Expired Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newspaper Article â€˜new renaissanceâ€™ art art appreciation Art Prize Australian Womenâ€™s Weekly canvas Henri Matisse (1869-1954) leisured Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) magazine Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni (1475-1564) patronage populace privileged prize Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (1606-1669) Renaissance rich https://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/files/original/3786fd3e81c6924ee607494755f3886b.jpg 4b603fb5a0f81aa2ad294bbd2dd8545d Omeka Image File The metadata element set that was included in the `files_images` table in previous versions of Omeka. These elements are common to all image files. Bit Depth 8 Channels 3 Height 3505 Width 825 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Medievalism on the Page Description An account of the resource This Collection examines literary medievalism from the mid-nineteenth century to the present day. It traces an arc from the populist literary medievalism of the nineteenth century, through the more rarefied modernist turn of the mid-twentieth century, to the re-emergence of popular forms such as childrenâ€™s literature and fantasy since the 1980s. In this Collection you will find items relating to printed medievalist works and also to medievalism operating in print, for example in references to medieval events, people, and literature in nineteenth- and twentieth-century texts and dramatic works. Still Image A static visual representation. Examples of still images are: paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type "text" to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource ‘The Old Squire’, The Bulletin, 28 May 1908 Subject The topic of the resource â€˜As it is in the Days of Now,â€™ Black Death, conquest, despotism, famine, Henry Lawson (1867-1922), honour, ingratitude, justice, king, knight, knighthood, loyalty, neglect, noble, pestilence, plague, Old Swithin, rescue, service, sickness, siege, Sir William, squire, Swithin, sword, Virland (Old Estonia). Description An account of the resource The Bulletin, which was resolutely “anti-imperialist” in its outlook, published a range of verses, ballads and other “poems in which the Middle Ages were represented as despotic and barbaric” (Louise D’Arcens, Old Songs in the Timeless Land: Medievalism in Australian Literature 1840-1910, Turnhout, Brepols, 2011, p.143). While ‘The Old Squire’ doesn’t do this explicitly, it is undeniably a “tale of faithful service unrewarded” (D’Arcens, p.144). Here we again follow the adventures of Sir William, Henry Lawson’s cuckolded knight from ‘As it is in the Days of Now’ (See <a href="http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1020" target="_self">http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1020</a>). Sir William, his squire, the King and the narrator ride into Virland with the intention of conquering the City, only to find the inhabitants suffering in the throes of the Black Death. Sir William is portrayed in the poem as arrogant and thoughtless for failing to appreciate the longstanding and faithful service of his squire, Old Swithin. After dutifully clearing out the dead from the City, Swithin collapses after trying to rescue a child from plague infested quarters. He is portrayed as noble in character but, unjustly, not in name; instead, ‘His heart was ever pained, / because of that old knighthood / that he should once have gained’. When his worth is finally recognised and the King attempts to knight him at the end of the poem, it is too late for he is already dead. While not an outright attack on all authority, this poem “implicitly condemns aristocratic arrogance and the [...] inequity of the feudal system” (D’Arcens, p.144). Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Henry Lawson Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived The Bulletin Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The Bulletin Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 28 May 1908, p.40 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Public Domain Relation A related resource <a href="http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1020">http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1020</a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Journal (Microfilm) â€˜As it is in the Days of Now â€™ Black Death conquest despotism famine Henry Lawson (1867-1922) honour ingratitude justice king knight knighthood loyalty neglect noble Old Swithin pestilence plague rescue service sickness siege Sir William squire Swithin sword Virland (Old Estonia) https://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/files/original/a56392e035eb56b1b0e792ef4da26c09.bmp 78fe6be48622f4de9b4529f8da9ed478 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Medievalism on the Page Description An account of the resource This Collection examines literary medievalism from the mid-nineteenth century to the present day. It traces an arc from the populist literary medievalism of the nineteenth century, through the more rarefied modernist turn of the mid-twentieth century, to the re-emergence of popular forms such as childrenâ€™s literature and fantasy since the 1980s. In this Collection you will find items relating to printed medievalist works and also to medievalism operating in print, for example in references to medieval events, people, and literature in nineteenth- and twentieth-century texts and dramatic works. Still Image A static visual representation. Examples of still images are: paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type "text" to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource ‘The Sagamen’, The Bulletin, 2 May 1907 Subject The topic of the resource armour, battle-axe, conquest, dragon ship, Francis William Ophel (1871-1912), Freya, heroism, Iceland, Norns, Odin, paganism, runes, sagas, shields, Skaldic tales, spells, swords, Thor, Valhalla, Valkyrie, Vikings, violence, warriors. Description An account of the resource ‘Prospect Good’ was the nom de plume of the gold prospector, fossicker, and bush poet, Francis William Ophel. This poem, ‘The Sagamen,’ is filled with vivid imagery drawn in the style of Old Icelandic sagas (Louise D’Arcens, Old Songs in the Timeless Land: Medievalism in Australian Literature 1840-1910, Turnhout, Brepols, 2011, p.142). According to Ophel’s logic, the content of these Skaldic tales is no different from speeches and editorials designed to legitimize nineteenth-century imperial narratives; they cleverly subvert truth and disguise real-life events under a nuanced and textured layer of bravado and heroic deeds where violence is praised and overvalued. In contrast, Ophel’s is likely suggesting here that there is nothing glorious about slaughter, plunder, theft and rapine, and the over reliance on strong-arm tactics. Presumably the political rationale for this strategy is formed along the lines of: ‘they’ did it ‘back then,’ so it must be alright for ‘us’ to emulate ‘now’; but Ophel, who realises that this reasoning is mendacious, states plainly and firmly in The Sagamen’s final couplet: “The naked truth is hidden / Beneath a web of words". Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource â€˜Prospect Goodâ€™ (Francis William Ophel) Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived The Bulletin Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The Bulletin Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2 May 1907, p.43 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Public Domain Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Journal (Microfilm) Armour battle-axe conquest dragon ship Francis William Ophel (1871-1912) Freya heroism Iceland Norns Odin paganism runes sagas shields Skaldic tales spells swords Thor Valhalla Valkyrie vikings violence warriors https://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/files/original/a380d749806966a737b2b5ed6708a73e.jpg 0bb6f769abf7296ccba21ccf9d2055a9 Omeka Image File The metadata element set that was included in the `files_images` table in previous versions of Omeka. These elements are common to all image files. Bit Depth 8 Channels 3 Height 2890 Width 1992 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Medievalism on the Page Description An account of the resource This Collection examines literary medievalism from the mid-nineteenth century to the present day. It traces an arc from the populist literary medievalism of the nineteenth century, through the more rarefied modernist turn of the mid-twentieth century, to the re-emergence of popular forms such as childrenâ€™s literature and fantasy since the 1980s. In this Collection you will find items relating to printed medievalist works and also to medievalism operating in print, for example in references to medieval events, people, and literature in nineteenth- and twentieth-century texts and dramatic works. Still Image A static visual representation. Examples of still images are: paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type "text" to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource ‘Viking Song’, The Bulletin, 25 August 1910 Subject The topic of the resource anvil, Australian Navy, David McKee Wright (1869-1928), forge, National Defence, national pride, Norse mythology, Odin, politics, Thor, Thorâ€™s Hammer, Vikings. Description An account of the resource David McKee Wright draws inspiration from the journeys of the Vikings across the North Sea in this poetic martial ‘ditty’ that brims with national pride: Australia with her bright hair glowing Has her eye on the furrows of the deep [...] Clang, clang, clang on the anvil There are steel ships wanted on the sea! The reason for Wright’s show of enthusiasm was doubtless the creation of the Australian Navy in 1909. Billy Hughes told the Sydney Morning Herald in 1910 that “Mr Deakin had taken Mr Watson’s scheme [c. 1905] and adorned it with that magnificent eloquence of his till it shone [...] But it was a thing in the clouds [...] The Fisher Government transformed it into iron and steel and guns” (See The Sydney Morning Herald, Wednesday, 16 February 1910, pp. 9-10. <a href="http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article15133137" target="_self">http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article15133137</a>). When the fleet eventually arrived off Australian shores in October 1913, it was welcomed “By very large and demonstrative crowds [...] and fervently patriotic speeches were made at the welcoming banquet” (F. K. Crowley, A New History of Australia, Richmond, William Heinemann, 1984, p.294). During the Federal electioneering of February 1910, the fleet featured large in the overall proceedings. The Deakin-Cook Fusion Party lost the 1910 election, but Australia still got its navy, and balladeers and patriots sang its praises. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource David McKee Wright Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived The Bulletin Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The Bulletin Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 25 August 1910, p.3 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Public Domain Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Journal (Microfilm) anvil Australian Navy David McKee Wright (1869-1928) forge National Defence national pride Norse mythology Odin politics Thor Thorâ€™s Hammer vikings Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Medievalism at the Foundations Description An account of the resource This Collection illustrates how medievalism has always existed â€˜in plain viewâ€™ in Australian public life, as a conspicuous cultural memory ghosting Australiaâ€™s modernity. It focuses on discourses about, debates over, and changing interpretations of i) Australiaâ€™s medievalist political and religious institutions and rituals, ii) its architecture, and iii) its civic environment. In this Collection are items relating to all three of these key areas. Firstly, you will find items that point to the medieval influences and inflections that still permeate and influence our political, legal and religious institutions and traditions. Secondly, you will find numerous examples of neo-gothic and neo-romanesque architecture, and some cases where architectural features are known to have been modelled on specific medieval buildings. Thirdly, you will find items relating to the ways in which medievalism is incorporated into our civic environments and expressed through statues, monuments and war memorials. Hyperlink Title, URL, Description or annotation. URL <a href="http://nga.gov.au/Exhibition/cossingtonsmith/Detail.cfm?IRN=41698&ViewID=2&MnuID=2" target="_self">http://nga.gov.au/Exhibition/cossingtonsmith/Detail.cfm?IRN=41698&ViewID=2&MnuID=2</a> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 'Then one of them, which was a lawyer, asked him a question', by Grace Cossington Smith Subject The topic of the resource art, Australian artist, biblical, Blake Prize, devotional art, Giotto (c.1266-1337), Grace Cossington Smith (1892-1984), Masaccio, Matthew, painters, religious art, Renaissance art, scripture, Tommaso di ser Giovanni di Simone (c.1401-1428), Tribute Money. Description An account of the resource This painting by Sydney artist Grace Cossington Smith derives its title,'Then one of them, which was a lawyer, asked him a question', from Matthew, Chapter xxii, verse 35. Although better known for her paintings of domestic interiors, this is one of two biblical works Cossington Smith painted for entry into the newly established Blake Prize for Religious Art in the early 1950s. Influenced generally by Renaissance artists such as Giotto, whose paintings she had seen in Italy, Cossington Smith used Masaccio’s 'Tribute Money' (from the Carmine in Florence) in particular as a model for this painting (see Bruce James, Grace Cossington Smith, Roseville, Craftsman House, 1990, p.135). It featured alongside a number of Cossington Smith’s other works as part of an exhibition titled Grace Cossington Smith: A Retrospective Exhibition at the National Gallery of Australia in 2005. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Grace Cossington Smith AO OBE (1892-1984) Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived National Gallery of Australia, accession no. NGA 1976.1059 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1952 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource National Gallery of Australia Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Oil on canvas on paperboard painting, 59.1x86.3cm art Australian artist biblical Blake Prize devotional art Giotto (c.1266-1337) Grace Cossington Smith (1892-1984) Masaccio Matthew painters religious art Renaissance art scripture Tommaso di ser Giovanni di Simone (c.1401-1428) Tribute Money Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Medievalism on the Streets Description An account of the resource This Collection analyses popular medievalism in material and public culture from the mid-nineteenth century to the present, with an emphasis on popular medievalist theatre, parades and public spectacles, as well as recreational, literary and political associations. It explores the ways in which medievalism was not simply derivative but also local and disctinctive. In this Collection you will find items relating to medievalism in public contexts and popular culture, and the revisitation or reenactment of the Middle Ages by groups such as the Society for Creative Anachronism. Hyperlink Title, URL, Description or annotation. URL <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7O7NgjWPeM" target="_self">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7O7NgjWPeM</a> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Arthur! And the Square Knights of the Round Table Children's Cartoon series Subject The topic of the resource Animation, armour, Arthur, Arthurian legend, Black Knight, cartoon, childrenâ€™s series, chivalry, damsel in distress, dragon, excalibur, Guinevere, jousting, knight, Lancelot, maiden, Merlin, Morgan Le Fay, rescue, round table, song, sword, television, TV. Description An account of the resource Arthur! And the Square Knights of the Round Table was an animated Australian cartoon series written by Melbourne playwright Alex Buzo with Rod Hull, Lyle Martin, John Palmer and M. Robinson. It was produced between 1966 and 1968. Based on Arthurian legend, the cartoons feature characters such as King Arthur, Guinevere, Lancelot, Merlin, a Black Knight and Morgan le Fay. The opening jingle (available at <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7O7NgjWPeM" target="_self">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7O7NgjWPeM</a>) provides a good overview of the Arthurian themes and motifs in the cartoons, in verse! For example, the pastimes of the hero Arthur – ‘the king of Camelot, who likes to joust a lot’ – are identified as jousting, dragon-slaying, wooing Guinevere, foiling the evil plans of the Black Knight, rescuing damsels in distress, drawing swords from stones, making tables round, and convening meetings of his bravest knights. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Written by Alex Buzo with Rod Hull, Lyle Martin, M. Robinson & John Palmer Produced by Walter J. Hucker Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived You Tube Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Air Programs International (API) Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1966-1968 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Air Programs International (API) Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource URL Animation Armour Arthur Arthurian legend Black Knight cartoon childrenâ€™s series chivalry damsel in distress dragon Excalibur Guinevere jousting knight Lancelot maiden Merlin Morgan Le Fay rescue round table song sword television tv