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â€˜Living by the swordâ€™

The anonymous online article ‘Living by the sword’ appears in volume 4 of the Leatherwood Online – Tasmania’s Journal of Discovery website and was posted in June/July 2007. It is about professional swordsman Stephen Hand of…

Tags: â€˜Living by the swordâ€™, Adult education, education, Elizabethan, George Silver, Hobart, Leatherwood Online, performance, rapier, re-creation, Stephen Hand, Stocatta School of Defence, sword, swordsman, Tas, Tasmania, Tasmaniaâ€™s Journal of Discovery, Vincentio Saviolo, website.

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…

Tags: Anglo-Saxons, Ascomanni Medieval Re-enactment Society, Battle of Hastings, Battle of Stamford Bridge, combat, costume, Launceston, living history, Normans, Oseberg Ship Burial, Oseberg Tapestry, re-creation, re-enactment, Saxons, Tas, Tasmania, Viking Age, vikings, website.

â€˜Tasmanian Gothicâ€™, Compass, ABC TV

‘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 200th…

Australian Morris Ring

Australian Morris Ring is an organisation that represents Australian Morris dancers. It represents ‘sides’, or Morris dancing teams, in all Australian states and territories except the Northern Territory. The groups perform the Cotswold,…

Tasmanian Gothic: artwork by Elizabeth Barsham

Tasmanian Gothic is the website for Tasmanian artist Elizabeth Barsham (formerly E.M. Christensen). Her work is inspired by such things as medieval tapestries and the Renaissance artists Pieter Bruegel and Albrecht DÃ¼rer (according to the…

Tags: Albrecht DÃ¼rer, art, artwork, E.M. Christensen, Elizabeth Barsham, Gothic, painting, Pieter Bruegel, Renaissance, tapestry, Tas, Tasmania, Tasmanian Gothic, website

Bismarck Metalcraft

Bismarck Metalcraft was established in 1988 by Ken Bradford in the northern Tasmanian town of Deloraine. They use modern steel to create armour, helmets, knives, and swords, including many recreations of items from medieval Britain and Europe, and…

Tags: Armour, Bismarck Metalcraft, Deloraine, helmet, Ken Bradford, knife, knight, Old English font, re-creation, sword, Tas, Tasmania, website.

Knights take up the sword at medieval festival, ABC TV

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…

Tags: ABC, ABC News, Armour, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, costume, festival, jousting, knight, lance, news, re-enactment, Selina Bryan, sword, Tas, Tasmania, Wynyard.

St Andrew's Uniting (Presbyterian) Church, Campbell Town, Tasmania

St. Andrew's Uniting Church in Campbell Town, Tasmania, was built in 1847 as a Presbyterian Church. It is in the Victorian Gothic Revival style complete with an iron gabled roof, castellated parapet, clock mouldings, lancet windows, and a square…

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