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Knights Order of Lion Rampant

Knights Order of Lion Rampant is a living history group based in the Brisbane suburb of Lutwyche. The group were founded in 1991 and focus on the culture of chivalry, especially that surrounding tournaments, that existed in western and central Europe…

Knights take up the sword at medieval festival, ABC TV

This brief article by Selina Bryan appears in the online version of ABC News and follows a more expansive television segment on ABC News (Tasmania) broadcast on September 15. The 1.5 minute news broadcast is available on the website. Both stories…

Tags: ABC, ABC News, Armour, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, costume, festival, jousting, knight, lance, news, re-enactment, Selina Bryan, sword, Tas, Tasmania, Wynyard.

Knights Templar jump from Dan Brown to Down Under

An article by Dylan Welch in The Sydney Morning Herald about the Knights Templar in Australia. The article briefly outlines the origins of the order in the early twelfth century as protectors of Christian pilgrims to Jerusalem, and its disbandment in…

Tags: Christian, Christianity, Crusades, Dan Brown, fiction, knighthood, knights, Knights Templar, literature, Military Orders, New South Wales, NSW, religion, religious, Sydney, The Da Vinci Code, The Sydney Morning Herald, war

Koala Gargoyle

This plaster model for a gargoyle depicts the head of a koala. The plaster model was created in the studio of William Leslie Bowles in Melbourne with the assistance of sculptor, Ray Ewers. In 1940 and 1941 the plaster cast was used as the template…

Tags: animal, Australian, Australian War Memorial, Commemorative Courtyard, gargoyle, koala, leslie bowles, medieval architecture, Melbourne, memorial, plaster cast, plaster model, raymond ewers, sandstone, sculptor, sculpture, war, war memorial, water

Kodak House, Hobart, Tasmania

Kodak House is in the Elizabeth Street mall in central Hobart. The top of the narrow five storey building has two narrow â€˜towersâ€™ on each end with a crenelated parapet running between them. In the centre is a shield bearing a…

Tags: Bay window, commercial architecture, crenellation, Gothic Revival, Hobart, Kodak House, parapet, shield, Tas, Tasmania, tower.

Korffs Haven Medieval Guild

Korffs Haven Medieval Guild are a re-enactment group based in Coffs Harbour, or Korffs Haven, in New South Wales. The group concentrate on the period 1066-1166 and such peoples as Anglo-Saxons, Anglo-Normans, Crusaders, Highlanders (of Scotland), and…

Tags: Anglo-Norman, Anglo-Saxon, Archery, chain mail, Coffs Harbour, combat, cooking, costume, craft, Crusader, Crusades, dyeing, embroidery, feast, felting, food, games, helmet, Highlanders, Korffs Haven Medieval Guild, leatherwork, living history, New South Wales, Norman, NSW, performance, re-enactment, sewing, shield, slingshot, spear, stave, sword, viking, website, woodwork.

Kryal Castle Jousting Display

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…

Tags: Ballarat, battlements, castle, crenelation, drawbridge, entertainment, functions, games, gate, horse, joust, jouster, jousting, Keith Ryall, Kryal Castle, lance, leisure, lists, medieval sport, Melbourne, moat, porticullis, re-creation, recreation, sport, tourism, tournament, tower, Vic, Victoria, weapon, weapons

Kryal Castle Tower

An image of a tower at Kryal Castle. A tourist attraction located 8km from Ballarat in Victoria, Kryal Castle was built in 1972 (opened in 1974) by Keith Ryall.

Described as â€˜Australiaâ€™s unique medieval castleâ€™, Kryal Castle…

Tags: Ballarat, battlements, castle, crenelation, drawbridge, entertainment, functions, gate, Keith Ryall, Kryal Castle, leisure, Melbourne, moat, porticullis, re-creation, recreation, tourism, tower, towers, Vic, Victoria

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