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This online newspaper article by David Wilson appeared in the My Small Business section of The Sydney Morning Herald. The article features an interview with Rod Walker about his business Full Tilt. The Bathurst-based business run fully costumed…

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An image of a person jousting at Kryal Castle in Ballarat. Jousting was a popular medieval and Renaissance sport from the thirteenth century, and is often associated with the chivalric ideal.

About Kryal Castle:

Located 8km from Ballarat in…

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In the online article ‘Brownlow Medal 2011 Best and Worst Dressed On The Blue Carpet!’ the dress of Rebecca Judd is disparagingly referred to as being ‘a little more medieval bar wench’. However the included photograph shows…

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The logo for the Australian National Rugby League team the Canberra Raiders is the head of a Viking warrior wearing a horned helmet. The hair and beard of the Viking has a green tinge to match the colour of the team’s jumpers. The helmet…

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Win or Kill_Sunday Times_11 August 1907_p3s.pdf
This article from the Sunday Times in 1907 comments on what the author views as the un-gentlemanly state of sporting ethic in the early twentieth century. It likens the use of padding and helmets in sports such as cricket, baseball and football to…

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An online article on June 25 reporting comments made by Brendon Gale, Chief Executive of the AFL club Richmond on air at Melbourne radio station 3AW. He was responding to earlier comments by AFL commentator Leigh Matthews that pay claims of …

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An online article on June 18, 2011, by Jennifer Witham based on comments that AFL commentator Leigh Matthews made on-air at the Melbourne radio station 3AW. Matthews described the pay claims of the players against the AFL as the ‘serfs fighting…

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SMH 1934 Thurs 27 Sept Women in Sport Bowls Popular Medieval Women.pdf
The ‘new phenomenon’ of women participating in sport post World War I is discussed at length. The writer argues that women are physically capable of participating in some sports. The counterpoints to this argument are that they could…

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