‘Tasmanian Gothic’, Compass, ABC TV
ABC, alter cloths, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, baptismal font, Wendy Boynton, Catholic, chalice linen, church, Colebrook, Compass, cross, Geraldine Doogue, Gothic, Gothic Revival, headstone, monstrance, Oatlands, Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin, Pugin, Richmond, rood screen, Tas, Tasmania, Tasmanian Gothic, television, transcript, vestment, website, Bishop Willson, Robert William Willson.
<p>‘Tasmanian Gothic’ was an episode of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s Compass television programme presented by Geraldine Doogue. The story was researched by Wendy Boynton and aired on June 24, 2012 to celebrate the 200<sup>th</sup> anniversary of the birth of English architect and designer Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin (1812-1852), one of the main instigators of the Gothic Revival. Although he never visited Australia some consider the best examples of Pugin’s work to be in Tasmania, in part due to their preservation. When his friend Robert William Willson (1794-1866) was chosen as Tasmania’s first Catholic Bishop, Pugin provided him with the materials necessary to establish his diocese. These items, including scale models for three churches, were taken by Willson by ship from England to Hobart in 1844. Pugin artefacts in Tasmania include alter cloths, baptismal fonts, chalice linens, crosses, rood screens, headstones, vestments, and a monstrance (a vessel to hold the communion host, first used in the medieval period), the churches at Oatlands and Colebrook, and elements of the church at Richmond. The programme also deals with Pugin’s lasting legacy, including the enduring notion that Gothic style architecture is the most appropriate for ecclesiastical architecture. </p>
<p>For the episode transcript see <a href="http://www.abc.net.au/compass/s3510122.htm">http://www.abc.net.au/compass/s3510122.htm</a></p>
<p>For the Pugin churches see <a href="http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1104">http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1104</a></p>
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<p><a href="http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1117">http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1117</a></p>
<p><a href="http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1119">http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1119</a></p>
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation
June 24, 2012
Boynton, Wendy (researcher)
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
<a href="http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1104">http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1104</a>
<p><a href="http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/951">http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/951</a></p>
<p><a href="http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1117">http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1117</a></p>
<p><a href="http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1119">http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1119</a></p>
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‘Home-made medieval war machine goes off with a bang’
ABC, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, ballista, counterweight trebuchet, crossbow, Hobart, Doug Pattison, performance, Carol Raabus, re-creation, siege, siege engine, Tas, Tasmania, trebuchet, war, website.
<p>This online article by Carol Raabus was posted in 2009 on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s Hobart page. It is about local man Doug Pattison and his re-creation of siege engines. He has built a trebuchet, first used in the twelfth century, and a ballista (a large version of a crossbow), which was first used by the classical Greeks and remained popular until replaced by the trebuchet. Doug sometimes gives public performances of the weapons.</p>
<p>For the story, including a clip of the trebuchet in action, see <a href="http://www.abc.net.au/local/videos/2009/04/21/2548797.htm">http://www.abc.net.au/local/videos/2009/04/21/2548797.htm</a></p>
Raabus, Carol
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
April 21, 2009
Carol Raabus; Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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'Viking ship spotted off remote NT island'
ABC, ABC News, Arnhem Land, article, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, dragon ship, Elcho Island, longship, news, Northern Territory, NT, replica, Russia, ship, Sydney, Viking, website, Tim Wethers.
<p>‘Viking ship spotted off remote NT island’ appeared on the online version of ABC News on September 18, 2012. The replica Viking ship was seen off the coast of Elcho<br />Island in Arnhem Land, Northern Territory. The ship was sailed by a crew of six Russians from Europe and was heading for a museum in Sydney. The Viking longship<br />is often referred to as a dragon ship due to the carved figure-head on the bow, as seen in the photograph of the replica by Tim Wethers.</p>
<p>The article is available<br />at <a href="http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-09-18/viking-ship-spotted-off-nt/4266796">http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-09-18/viking-ship-spotted-off-nt/4266796</a></p>
Wethers, Tim
September 18, 2012
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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Knights take up the sword at medieval festival, ABC TV
ABC, ABC News, armour, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Selina Bryan, costume, festival, jousting, knight, lance, news, re-enactment, sword, Tas, Tasmania, Wynyard.
<p>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 report on a medieval festival held in the Tasmanian town of Wynyard on the weekend of September 15 and 16, 2012. The festival featured jousting competitions and open combat sword-fighting, with contestants wearing armour. 'It is the first time that open combat swordsmanship and jousting competitions have been held in Tasmania.' </p>
<p>The article can be found at <a href="http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-09-15/knights-take-up-the-sword-at-medieval-festival/4263190?section=tas" target="_self">http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-09-15/knights-take-up-the-sword-at-medieval-festival/4263190?section=tas</a></p>
<p>For the event poster see <a href="http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1148">http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1148</a></p>
Bryan, Selina
September 15, 2012
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
<a href="http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1148">http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/1148</a>
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Medieval Instruments
ABC, Rowan Dix, dulcimer, hammered dulcimer, Harlequin, instrument, Graeme McCormack, Medieval Instruments, moraharpa, Pelverata, Renaissance, Stateline Tasmania, Tas, Tasmania, television, tv, Harry Wass.
<p>The ABC TV programme Stateline Tasmania featured a report in 2009 titled ‘Medieval Instruments’. Reporter Rowan Dix interviewed Harry Wass and Graeme McCormack, two instrument makers based in the southern Tasmanian region of Pelverata. They specialise in wooden instruments from the eleventh century and into the Renaissance. The report specifically mentions the late-medieval instruments the hammered dulcimer and the moraharpa. The pair also plays in the medieval-influenced band Harlequin.</p>
<p>A transcript of the report can be found at: <a href="http://www.abc.net.au/stateline/tas/content/2006/s2509772.htm">http://www.abc.net.au/stateline/tas/content/2006/s2509772.htm</a></p>
Dix, Rowan
March 6, 2009
Rowan Dix, Stateline Tasmania, ABC TV
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