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Viking Tales: Olafâ€™s Farm

VikingTalesOlafsFarm BrisbaneCourier231107.pdf

An illustrated story on page 48? Of the Brisbane newspaper, The Queenslander, published on 23 November, 1907. The story by Jennie Hall is about a young Viking from Denmark named Olaf who, as the youngest son, has to â€˜go a-Vikingâ€™…

Tags: Brisbane, Denmark, dragon ship, fiction, illustration, Jennie Hall, literature, Norway, Odin, Qld, Queensland, ship, The Queenslander, Thor, Valhalla, viking, vikings

Eight Hours Demonstration

Wood Engraving by Frederick Grosse (1866) depicting the 1866 procession which started at the Trades Hall, Carlton and finished at the North Botanical Gardens, celebrating the 10th anniversary of the eight hours movement.

Tags: banner, banners, demonstration, eight hour working day, eight hours, eight hours demonstration, eight hours movement, float, floats, labour, Labour Day, Melbourne, nineteenth century, nineteenth-century, procession, processions, Trades Hall, working class

New Procession ushers in Slipper era

This article from the online edition of ABC News reports on a change in Australian parliamentary procedure. A longer and more formal procession from the lobby of Parliament House to the Chamber of the House of Representatives has been introduced by…

Tags: Australian Parliament, Canberra, ceremonial robes, Chamber, House of Representatives, lobby, mace, medieval ritual, parliament, Parliament House, procession, public display, ritual, serjeant-at-arms, Speaker, weapon

Chaucer as Teaching Aid in the Colonies

The opinion piece,â€œCatallictics [mutatas dicere formas] An Introduction to New Speculations [In nova fert animus] takes it Latin from the first lines of Ovidâ€™s Metamorphoses (In nova fert animus mutatas dicere formas corpora; I tell now…

Tags: Chaucer, Chaucerian, Chaucerian source, child, children, childrenâ€™s education, classical education, education, juvenile, Ovid, Ovidâ€™s Metamorphoses, Prioressâ€™s Tale, tabula rasa

'Then one of them, which was a lawyer, asked him a question', by Grace Cossington Smith

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…

Tags: 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

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Viking Tales: Olafâ€™s Farm

Eight Hours Demonstration

New Procession ushers in Slipper era

Chaucer as Teaching Aid in the Colonies

'Then one of them, which was a lawyer, asked him a question', by Grace Cossington Smith

â€˜Vikings Visited Cairnsâ€™, Rex Gilroy, Psychic Australia

Breast Star of Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire : Sir Thomas Daly

Interview with Prince Leonard, George Negus Tonight, New People Dimensions, â€˜Episode 11: Prince Leonardâ€™, 16/4/2003.