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Viking Galley Off UK
A newspaper article on the front page of the Launceston newspaper Examiner on 26 July, 1949. The article reports on the voyage of the replica galley ‘Hugin’ from Denmark on its journey to Broadstairs in Kent, England. The Hugin had a…
Tags: Anglo-Saxon, anniversary, Denmark, England, Examiner, galley, Hugin, Kent, Launceston, recreation, replica, spears, swords, Tas, Tasmania, viking, vikings
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
Viking Ship Greets King
An article in the ‘Townsville Daily Bulletin’ newspaper in Queensland on June 18, 1949. The article is about a replica Viking ship built by a Swedish vegetarian sports and youth movement that was based on an original from the British…
Tags: boat, British Museum, King Gustaf, Qld, Queensland, replica, ship, ships, sports, Stockholm, Sweden, Swedish, Townsville, Townsville Daily Bulletin, vegetarian, vegetarianism, viking, vikings, youth, youth movement
Australian Early Medieval Association practical session
Image of some delegates of the 2010 conference of the Australian Early Medieval Association (AEMA) held at The University of Western Australia visiting a re-creation Viking ship built by Royce Carrig of Perth. AEMA conferences commonly include at…
Viking Ship
Image of a recreation Viking ship built by Royce Carrig of Perth. The wooden ship was built from plans of an excavated Viking ship, and can usually be found anchored in the Swan River at the 1st Pelican Point Sea Scout Group base in Crawley. It is…