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"Jest and Quip. Undergrads' Day Out. Mirth in City Streets"

Jest and Quip_The Brisbane Courier_4 May 1929_p19.pdf

This article taken from The Brisbane Courier in 1929 discusses undergraduate students from the University of Queensland taking to the streets on "Commem Day". The author compares them to medieval mummers.The anonymous author also explains that on…

Tags: "commem day", "commemoration procession", "medieval mummers", "student pranks", "University of Queensland", "university student", Brisbane, Brisbane Courier, jester, mummer, mummery, Queensland

St. Patrick's Day Procession, Queen Street, Brisbane, 1903

An image of crowds of people gathered on Queen Street in Brisbane, QLD to watch the floats in a St. Patrick's Day parade. Processions with banners were a feature of the later medieval period. The banner for the St Patrick's day procession also…

Tags: Brisbane, Catholic, Catholicism, celebration, Celtic, ceremony, cross, harp, Ireland, Irish, parade, parades, procession, processions, Qld, Queensland, religion, religious, ring-headed cross, saint, Saint Patrick, saints, St Patrick, St. Patrick, St. Patrick's Day

Manchester Unity Order of Oddfellows Delegates, Ravenswood, 1907

This is an image of a group of delegates at a 1907 conference for the Manchester Unity of Oddfellows. The Oddfellows are afriendly societythat first emerged in the UK and may date to the fifteenth century when members of trades not represented by…

Tags: banner, fraternities, fraternity, friendly societies, friendly society, Manchester Unity Order of Oddfellows, Oddfellows, Queensland, regalia

Decorated Float in the St. Patrick's Day Procession, Warwick, ca. 1910

Image of a St. Patrick's Day float bearing a banner advocating Irish nationalist sentiments.

St. Patrick's Day Procession led by men carrying a banner, Mt. Morgan, ca. 1917

Photograph depicting a 1917 St. Patrick's Day procession with men carrying a St. Patrick's Day banner bearing a medieval-style design.

Tags: banner, banners, float, floats, Irish culture, Mt. Morgan, national identity, parade, parades, procession, processions, Queensland, Saint Patrick, St. Patrick, St. Patrick's Day Procession

"Jokes in Stone", in The Sydney Morning Herald

SMH 1954 Frid 9 July Univ Q'land Gargoyles Stone.pdf

Newspaper article regarding a carving by the sculptor Thomas Muller. The carving is said to bear a resemblance to the economist Colin Clark. By carving the gargoyle-like creature in the image of a public figure, the journalist argues that Muller has…

Tags: Colin Clark, gargoyle, gargoyles, jest, jesting, medieval sculpture, mummer, mummery, Queensland, sculpture, stone carving, stone mason, stone masonry, Theodore Muller, University of QLD, University of Queensland

History of the Sunshine Castle, Bli Bli - A Timeline

The Sunshine Castle is a popular tourist destination on the Sunshine Coast in Queensland. Influenced by a Norman architectural style, and complete with medieval additions such as a moat, turrets and a drawbridge, the castle hosts markets and…

Tags: Bli Bli, castle, entertainment, function venue, Norman, Norman style, popular culture, Qld, Queensland, re-creation, re-enactment, recreation, Sunshine Coast, tourism, tourist, venue

Weddings at Sunshine Castle, Bli Bli

The Sunshine Castle is a popular tourist destination on the Sunshine Coast in Queensland. Influenced by a Norman architectural style, and complete with medieval additions such as a moat, turrets and a drawbridge, the castle hosts markets and…

Tags: Bli Bli, castle, entertainment, function venue, herald, knight, medieval feast, Norman, Norman style, popular culture, Qld, Queensland, re-creation, re-enactment, recreation, Sunshine Castle, Sunshine Coast, tourism, tourist, venue, wedding, weddings

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