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Medieval knight, Perth, Tasmania

Tags: Armour, battlement, castle, crenellation, domestic architecture, helmet, house, knight, Perth, Tas, Tasmania.

Miss Maud's Viking Statue

An image of the giant Viking head statue located outside Miss Maud's Swedish restaurant and bakehouse on Fitzgerald Street in Perth, WA.

The figure has a long, bushy beard and is wearing a horned helmet. It appears to be made of limestone.…

Tags: bakehouse, bakery, dining, eating, figure, figures, Fitzgerald Street, food, helmet, hotel, limestone, Miss Maud, Perth, restaurant, sculpture, statue, statues, Sweden, Swedish, viking, vikings, WA, Western Australia

Newcastle Knights rugby league club

The Newcastle Knights are a team in Australasia’s National Rugby League based in the New South Wales city of Newcastle. They joined the competition in 1988. The logo for the club is a side profile of the helmet of a medieval knight. The helmet…

Tags: Blackletter, Gothic script, helmet, knight, logo, National Rugby League, New South Wales, Newcastle, Newcastle Knights, NRL, NSW, plume, rugby, rugby league, visor.

Old Testament window, St Davidâ€™s Cathedral, Hobart, Tasmania

This large stained glass window featuring three figures from the Old Testament is on the northern wall of St David’s Anglican Cathedral, Hobart. It was created by the firm Burlison and Grylls and installed in the Cathedral in 1872. Each of the…

Tags: Anglican, Armour, Burlison and Grylls, castle, crenellation, Gideon, Gothic, helmet, heraldry, Hobart, Joshua, knight, lance, lancet window, Moses, Old Testament, parapet, pointed arch, shield, spear, spire, St Davidâ€™s Cathedral, stained glass, sword, Tas, Tasmania, tower.

Rognvaldâ€™s Lith: Lismore Medieval Re-enactment Society

Rognvald’s Lith: Lismore Medieval Re-enactment Society is a re-enactment group founded in 2003 and based in Lismore, New South Wales. The group concentrate on the period 700-1200 and such peoples as Anglo-Saxons, Normans, Rus, and Vikings.…

Sir Walter Buffalo Lawn

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…

Tags: advertising, Armour, helmet, joust, jousting, knight, lance, lawn, logo, shield, Sir Walter Buffalo Lawn, tournament, website.

St George and the Dragon sculpture, Boagâ€™s Brewery, Launceston, Tasmania

This sculpture of St George and the Dragon is at the top of the 1886 malt kiln of Boag’s Brewery in the northern Tasmanian city of Launceston. St George is depicted as a medieval knight wearing armour and a helmet with an open visor and a…

Tags: Armour, Beer, Boagâ€™s Brewery, dragon, helmet, James Boag, knight, Launceston, plume, sculpture, St George, sword, Tas, Tasmania.

St George Illawarra Dragons

The St George Illawarra Dragons are a professional rugby league club based in Sydney, New South Wales. They were formed in 1998 from the merger of two previous clubs: St George Dragons and the Illawarra Steelers. The club’s logo is in the shape…

Tags: Armour, dragon, helmet, knight, logo, New South Wales, NSW, rugby, rugby league, shield, St George, St George Bank, St George Illawarra Dragons, Sydney.

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