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In this article from the Western Mail, the author relates details of the historical customs and festivities associated with the month of May. The article begins by describing the medieval tradition of â€˜a-mayingâ€™ and merrymaking on the…

Tags: celebration, custom, dancing, festivities, James II (r.1685-1688), Maia, May, May Day, maypole, medieval custom, medieval festivities, medieval procession, merrymaking, public holiday, puritans, Restoration, Roman, Romans

When I was King, poem by Henry Lawson

Henry Lawson (1867-1922) is one of Australia's most famous poets, and can be regarded as a symbol for the Australian Nationalism Movement.

Tags: Australian, Australian Nationalism Movement, Australian poet, Australian poetry, bush, bush poem, bush poet, estates satire, Henry Lawson, Monarchy satire, nationalism, poem, poet, poetry, satire

Our Mistress and our Queen, poem by Henry Lawson

Henry Lawson (1867-1922), one of Australia's most famous poets, and a symbol for the Australian Nationalism Movement, protests against what he sees as the forced allegiance to the monarchy and the bloodshed of war in the name of the monarch.

Tags: Australian, Australian Nationalism Movement, Australian poet, Australian poetry, bush, bush poem, bush poet, bush poetry, estates satire, Henry Lawson, Monarchy satire, nationalism, poem, poet, poetry, satire

Critical Article by Brian Matthews

Abstract: Matthews finds a unity in the arrangement of stories in While the Billy Boils. The chronological nature of the stories, the use of rumour and the consistent use of time and distance are all elements that support the structure of the…

Tags: Australian, Australian poetry, bush, bush poem, bush poet, bush poetry, Henry Lawson, medieval obsession with death, poem, poet, poetry

Sedition Charge "Medieval" Counsel Argues

SMH 1953 Sat 22 April Sedition Charge 'Medieval' Defence Ag. Anti-Monarchist Communist Review .pdf

Three members responsible for an anti-monarchist article in the 'Communist Review' are on trial for sedition. Their defence counsel argues that such charges are 'medieval' and out of step with modern life. The article claims that Queen Elizabeth II…

Tags: anti-monarchist, anti-monarchy, common law, communism, communist, Communist Review, medieval justice, monarchist, monarchy, Queen Elizabeth II, sedition, treason

Deaths of Great Men - Chaucer

A miscellaneous piece titled 'The Deaths of Great Men' remarks how 'deeply interesting' it is to ponder the death-bed scene of those geniuses who are immortalized by their fame. Hallet, the great physiologist, died taking his pulse, it is said.…

Tags: 'non tua te moveant, ballad-making, Bishop Newton, Chaucer, Chaucer's death, colonial, Colonial Literary Journal and Weekly Miscellany of Useful Information, Godfrey Kneller, Hallett, literary magazine, literature, Lord Chesterfield, Nelson, Pope, sed publica vota'

Petition against Prohibition of Distilling to Sir George Gawlor

Advertiser Adelaide 1841 p. 3 Petition from the people against prohibition of distilling to Sir George Gawler Order of Hanoverian Guelphic Knights.pdf

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,…

Tags: Colonists, Comparison with Scotland and Ireland, Distilling, George Gawlor, knight, knighthood, knights, medieval lexicon of request, merchants, Petition, Prohibition, Royal Hanoverian Order of Guelphic Knights, Tradesmen

Queen Hilda of Virland, poem by Henry Lawson

Henry Lawson (1867-1922), one of Australia's most famous poets, and a symbol for the Australian Nationalism Movement, wrote this poem in 1910 (MS). The meaning is unclear but Lawson writes of a mythical kingdom of Virland. It could be an allegory of…

Tags: Australian, Australian Nationalism, Australian Nationalism Movement, Australian poetry, bush, bush poem, bush poet, bush poetry, Henry Lawson, Jules Verne, nationalism, poem, poet, poetry, Queen Hilda of Virland

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