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Modern Viking Family
An article on page 3 of the Brisbane newspaper The Courier-Mail on October 4, 1951. The article ‘Modern Viking Family Here’ reports on a Norwegian family who had sailed to Queensland in search of a pleasant place to live. Their origin…
Tags: Brisbane, Norway, Norwegian, Qld, Queensland, ship, ships, The Courier-Mail, viking, vikings
A Viking Drinking Cup
An article on page 7 of the Grafton, New South Wales newspaper, The Clarence and Richmond Examiner on December 19, 1903. The article reports the discovery of a Viking burial on the island of Unst in the Shetland Islands, Scotland. Along with human,…
Tags: burial, Clarence and Richmond Examiner, cup, Grafton, Harald Fairhair, New South Wales, Norway, NSW, rite, rites, Scotland, Shetland Islands, Unst, viking, vikings, whale, whales
The Viking Ship
An article on page 3 of the Rockhampton, Queensland newspaper, Morning Bulletin on January 31, 1894. The article by J.O. Dawdson acts as a popular history of Norway during the Viking Age. It provides the meaning of the term ‘Viking’…
Tags: America, boat, burial, Canada, Gokstad, grave goods, J.O. Dawdson, Leif Eiriksson, Leif Ericson, Morning Bulletin, Norsemen, Norway, Qld, Queensland, recreation, replica, Rockhampton, ship, ships, vessel, viking, vikings
The Order of the Thistle
Explaining the establishment of "The Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle” in 1687, this article from the Western Argus first discusses the medieval adoption of the thistle as Scotland’s national emblem. This it dates to the…