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â€œAlfred,â€ A Cantata, by E. Prout

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This anonymous article in The Sydney Morning Herald on 30 November 1886 is a review of a musical performance about Alfred the Great. The cantata ‘Alfred’ was composed by Ebenezer Prout with a libretto by Mr Grist. The piece is based…

Alfred the Great

An article on page 10 of The Sydney Morning Herald on September 25, 1901. The article reports on a sermon by Archdeacon Gunther in St. John’s Church in which he mentioned that it was the thousandth anniversary of Alfred the Great, king of…

Tags: Alfred of Wessex, Alfred the Great, Anglo-Saxon, Archdeacon Gunther, England, New South Wales, NSW, St. Johnâ€™s Church, Sydney, The Sydney Morning Herald, viking, Wessex

â€œRobin Hoodâ€ (comic opera)

This piece titled “Robin Hood” in the ‘Amusements’ section of the Sydney Morning Herald newspaper appeared on June 30, 1928. It brings to attention a new production of the comic/light opera Robin Hood at the Sydney…

Tags: Comic opera, Conservatorium, Crusade, Government House, Harry B. Smith, light opera, music, New South Wales, NSW, opera, performance, Reginald De Koven, Richard I, Robin Hood, Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney, Sydney Conservatorium of Music, Sydney Morning Herald.

Investiture, Royal visit of Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh, 1963, Government House, Sydney.

This photograph from 1963 shows Queen Elizabeth II, accompanied by the Duke of Edinburgh and other dignatories, knighting someone at Government House in Sydney. The photograph depicts the action of 'dubbing', a light blow with the flat side of the…

Tags: ceremony, coat of arms, dubbing, Duke, Duke of Edinburgh, Elizabeth, investiture, knighthood, New Coat of Arms, New South Wales, NSW, Queen Elizabeth II, sword, Sydney

A Voyage to Botany Bay, With a Description of the Country, Manners, Customs, Religion &c. of the Natives.

â€˜On page 9 of this text, an attempted theft of the diamonds of the Order of the Garter is detailed: On forming a connection with one Lowe, which was but a short time previous to that evening of the month of January, which is observed as the…

Birka Traders

Birka Traders was the online store created by Peter Beatson to sell his medieval metalwork. The collection included mainly jewellery and personal items such as belt buckles and strap ends, and focussed on the early medieval period, particularly the…

Tags: archaeology, armaments, Birka, jewellery, market, merchant, metalwork, New South Wales, NSW, Peter Beatson, re-enactment, retail, Sweden, Sydney, trading centre, viking, Viking Age

St Peterâ€™s East Window, SCEGGS Great Hall, Darlinghurst, Sydney

An image of the East Window in the Great Hall at Sydney Girls Grammar School (SGEGGS) in Darlinghurst, Sydney. The window was originally installed in St Peterâ€™s church in 1867, but the church has since been incorporated into the School Hall.…

"Camelot": The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

An image of a record found in a York secondhand store featuring the soundtrack to the popular 1967 film "Camelot." An example of the popularity, commerciality and timelessness of Arthurian legends, the film was a box office hit in the West. The film…

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