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The Ballad of Sir Anopheles (18 June, 1908), p. 40.jpg
The hero of this poem, as the name Sir Anopheles hints, is a mosquito. The author here humorously stages an encounter between man and mosquito as a drawn-out battle between a recumbent Ogre and an intrepid and undaunted medieval knight. It is clear…

The Sagamen (2 May, 1907), p. 43.bmp
‘Prospect Good’ was the nom de plume of the gold prospector, fossicker, and bush poet, Francis William Ophel. This poem, ‘The Sagamen,’ is filled with vivid imagery drawn in the style of Old Icelandic sagas (Louise…

The variety of Buffalo Lawn known as Sir Walter was developed in 1996. The logo for the associated company features a medieval knight wearing a helmet and armour riding a horse. The knight carries a lance and a shield, and the appearance of the horse…

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British Medical Association House is located on Macquarie Street, Sydney. The building was completed in 1930 and was designed by Australian architects Joseph Charles Fowell and Kenneth McConnel. The building is in the Art Deco style and features six…

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British Medical Association House is located on Macquarie Street, Sydney. The building was completed in 1930 and was designed by Australian architects Joseph Charles Fowell and Kenneth McConnel. The building is in the Art Deco style and features six…

This article in the Melbourne newspaper The Argus in 1926 describes the invention of a one-man tank. The report is based on photographs published in the London newspaper the Daily Telegraph. It describes the tank as reintroducing ‘the medieval…

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This billboard in Launceston advertises James Boag’s Draught beer. The logo for the beer features an armoured knight wearing a helmet and thrusting downwards with a spear. Behind him lies a dragon. The inclusion of a dragon suggests that the…

The Hungry Jacks television advertisement for their Whopper burger features a segment in which a man in armour is made a knight (or is ‘knighted’ according to the advert). The segment shows the accolade, also known as dubbing, during…
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