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Launceston Aldermen

While most local government councils in Australia are presided over by a mayor and councillors, Launceston City Council in Tasmania has a mayor and aldermen. This has been the case since the first election of alderman to the council in 1853, which…

Tags: Aldermen, Anglo-Saxon, Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, Beowulf, Byrhtnoth, council, councillors, county, ealdorman, government, Launceston, Lindisfarne Gospels, local government, Old English, shire, Tas, Tasmania, website.

Longford Morris Dancers, Tasmania

Longford Morris Dancers are a group of Morris Dancers who, although associated with the town of Longford, rehearse in the city of Launceston in Tasmania. The group perform the Cotswold and Borders (the border between Wales and England) versions of…

Tags: Borders Morris, costume, Cotswold Morris, dance, England, folk dance, folk music, Launceston, Longford, Longford Morris Dancers, performance, Tas, Tasmania.

The Abbotsford Convent, Abbotsford, Victoria

The Abbotsford Convent, located in the inner city Melbourne suburb of Abbotsford, operated as a convent, reformatory and Magdalen Asylum from 1863 until the mid-1970s. The convent was run by the Sisters of the Good Shepherd, a Catholic religious…

The Winthrop Singers

The Winthrop Singers is a choir formed in 2007 following collaboration between the School of Music at The University of Western Australia and St George’s College. The choir are led by Dr Nicholas Bannan and regularly perform at St…

Tags: choir, Gregorian chant, Guillaume Machaut, Hildegarde of Bingen, Nicholas Bannan, performance, Perth, School of Music, St Georgeâ€™s College, The Winthrop Singers., University of Western Australia, WA, website, Western Australia

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.

Maypole dancing around Australia

Maypoles and the folk dance associated with them are a popular event, often involving children, at festivals throughout Australia. The origins, and possible symbolism, of Maypole dancing are uncertain but they can be traced back at least as far as…

Tags: ACT, Australian Capital Territory, dance, festival, folk, folk dance, maypole, New South Wales, Norfolk Island, Northern Territory, NSW, NT, Qld, Queensland, SA, South Australia, Tas, Tasmania, Vic, Victoria, WA, Wales, Western Australia

St. Patrick's Hall, York, Western Australia

An image of St. Patrick's Hall, which is located on South Street alongside St. Patrick's Catholic Church in the town of York, Western Australia. Originally built and dedicated as a mission church on St. Patrick's Day in 1859, it soon became apparent…

â€˜The Canterbury Tales: Part Oneâ€™ & â€˜The Canterbury Tales: Part Twoâ€™, Perth Fringe Festival 2013

This production by theatre company KNUTS is a modern adaptation of Geoffrey Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales in two parts. Adapted by Stephen Quinn and directed by Stephen Lee, it transposes stories from Chaucer’s original text into a…

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