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St Mary’s Cathedral, Sydney
The present St Mary’s Catholic Cathedral was designed by English architect William Wardell, with minor changes made by local architects Hennessy, Hennessy and Co. Although the foundation stone was laid in 1868, the cathedral was not completed…
St Patrick’s Seminary, Manly, Sydney.
St Patrick’s Seminary on Darley Street in the Sydney suburb of Manly was designed by Sherin and Shennessy and it opened as a Catholic seminary in 1889. The four-storey stone building is in Gothic style with a high Norman (Romanesque) tower…
KFC Store, George Street, Sydney
This photograph shows the KFC store on George Street in central Sydney. The store, previously a bank, is in the Victorian Romanesque style, and features semi-circular arched windows, moulded brick, and carved stone. The Romanesque style was popular…
Full Metal Jousting: Rod Walker
This online biography of Rod Walker appears on the History.com website for the television show Full Metal Jousting. Rod, a founding member of the International Jousting Association, is one of the coaches on the show. The show is a televised jousting…
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.
Full Tilt jousting
Full Tilt is a jousting entertainment company run by Rod Walker based in the New South Wales city of Bathurst. They can be hired for events wherein performers dressed as medieval knights perform feats of swordplay before they put on a jousting…
Tags: Armour, Bathurst, costume, Full Tilt, Full Tilt Knight Riders, jousting, knight, lance, motorcycle, New South Wales, NSW, re-enactment, Rod Walker, sport, sword, tournament, video, website.
St George Bank
St George Bank was formed in Sydney, New South Wales, in 1937 and is now a subsidiary of Westpac Banking Corporation. Despite its name, the logo of the bank fails to depict St George himself, but instead has a stylised head of a fire-breathing…
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Blacktown Medieval Fayre
This online newspaper article by Ben McClellan appeared in the Blacktown Advocate on May 21, 2012. It reports on the recent Blacktown (western Sydney) Medieval Fayre. According to the article, the Fayre featured medieval-themed stalls, demonstrations…