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Camelot Cottage, Launceston, Tasmania
Alice’s Cottages offer romantic B&B accommodation in the Tasmanian city of Launceston. One of the cottages is called ‘Camelot Cottage’ (named after the castle and court of KingArthur), and it features ‘Merlin’s…
'Viking Ship' Article
Article in the Examiner newspaper, Launceston, from June 29, 1949, p. 7. The article includes a photograph of the recreated Viking ship the Ormen Friske, and a short report on her arrival in Stockholm for the World Sport Exhibition. The Swedish-built…
Tags: Examiner, Gokstad, Launceston, Ormen Friske, recreation, ship, ships, Stockholm, Tasmania, viking, Viking ship, vikings
Viking Galley Off UK
A newspaper article on the front page of the Launceston newspaper Examiner on 26 July, 1949. The article reports on the voyage of the replica galley ‘Hugin’ from Denmark on its journey to Broadstairs in Kent, England. The Hugin had a…
Tags: Anglo-Saxon, anniversary, Denmark, England, Examiner, galley, Hugin, Kent, Launceston, recreation, replica, spears, swords, Tas, Tasmania, viking, vikings
A Viking Funeral Ship
An article on page 2 of the Launceston newspaper the Examiner on September 2, 1908. The anonymous public interest article reports on the recent excavation of the Oseberg ship in Norway. The article describes the ninth-century burial ship, found under…
Tags: Examiner, funeral, grave goods, grave robbers, Launceston, Norse, Norway, Oseberg, ship, Tas, Tasmania, viking
Viking Cup Final
A newspaper article on page 11 of the Launceston newspaper Examiner on 1 July, 1948. The article gives the results of the finals of the local Y.M.C.A. basketball competition in which teams played for the Viking Cup. The connection between Vikings and…
Tags: Basketball, Examiner, Launceston, Tas, Tasmania, viking, Y.M.C.A.
Ascomanni Medieval Re-enactment Society
Ascomanni Medieval Re-enactment Society is a living history group based in the Tasmanian city of Launceston. The group focus on Anglo-Saxons, Normans, and Vikings during the later Viking Age, specifically the period 966-1066 ending with the Norwegian…
James Boag’s Draught
This billboard in Launceston advertises James Boag’s Draught beer. The logo for the beer features an armoured knight wearing a helmet and thrusting downwards with a spear. Behind him lies a dragon. The inclusion of a dragon suggests that the…
Tags: Ad, Advert, advertisement, alcohol, Armour, Beer, billboard, Boag’s Brewery, dragon, helmet, James Boag, James Boag’s Draught, knight, label, Launceston, logo, spear, St George, Tas, Tasmania.
Oakburn building, Launceston, Tasmania
A photograph of the Oakburn building on the Elphin campus of Scotch Oakburn College in Launceston, Tasmania. The building was begun in 1861 by the landowner, Eliza Thompson. In 1886 it became part of the Methodist Ladies College, later Oakburn…