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Viking busker article

The online newspaper article â€˜Border fight spells trouble for viking buskerâ€™ appears in the online version of The Age newspaper, having originally appearing in the Albury, Victoria, newspaper The Border Mail. The article reports on the…

Tags: Albury, busker, horned helmet, Melbourne, performance, re-enactment, reproduction, sword, The Age, The Border Mail, Vic, Victoria, viking

Swordcraft

Swordcraft is a live medieval re-enactment roleplaying game in which players wear realistic costumes and fight with realistic-looking weapons made of rubber and foam, and padded arrows. For photographs see the Gallery on their website. The group is…

Tags: Archery, Armour, arrow, battle, costume, fantasy, game, J.R.R. Tolkien, Melbourne, Orc, performance, re-enactment, roleplay, Swordcraft, The Lord of the Rings, Vic, Victoria, Warhammer, weapons, World of War

St Hubertâ€™s Vineyard, Coldstream, Victoria

St Hubertâ€™s vineyard in Coldstream, Victoria, was founded by Hubert de Castella in 1862. It is named after St Hubert, the â€˜Apostle of Ardennesâ€™ and patron saint of hunters. Born c.656, Hubert was the eldest son of Bertrand, Duke…

Tags: Antlers, Austrasia, Coldstream, cross, emblem, Franks, Hubert de Castella, hunters, Neustria, patron saint, Pepin of Heristal, saint, St Hubert, stag, symbolism, Vic, Victoria, vineyard, vision, winery, Yarra Valley

Kryal Castle, Ballarat

Kryal Castle is a tourist attraction 8km from Ballarat in Victoria. Described as â€˜Australiaâ€™s unique medieval castleâ€™, Kryal Castle can also be hired for weddings, conferences, functions, and special events. It was built in 1972…

Tags: Ballarat, battlements, castle, crenelation, drawbridge, gate, Keith Ryall, Kryal Castle, moat, porticullis, tourism, tower, Vic, Victoria

Pugin Foundation

The Pugin Foundation is a not for profit organisation based in Victoria. Their website is devoted to the works of English architect August Welby Northmore Pugin (1812-1852). The website has a particular focus on the Pugin-designed churches built in…

Tags: Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin, Catholic, churches, essays, Gothic, Gothic Revival, New South Wales, NSW, Pugin Foundation, Qld, Queensland, Tas, Tasmania, Vic, Victoria, website.

The Flight of Jane Shore

This painting by Val Prinsep was gifted to the National Gallery of Victoria in 1934 by A L Prinsep. It depicts a woman, who the title identifies as Jane Shore, crouching under a bridge in an attempt to hide from a group of soldiers looking to arrest…

Tags: art, Edward IV (1442-1483), Elizabeth Shore (1445-1527), imprisonment, Jane Shore (1445-1527), Ludgate prison, mistress, Pre-Raphaelite, Richard III (1452-1485), royal mistress, Thomas Grey (c.1455-1501), Vic, Victoria, Wars of the Roses, William Hastings (c.1430-1483)

"Gargoyles of Melbourne: Quaint and Curious Carvings by John Russell Parry," in The Argus

Gargoyles of Melbourne_The Argus_10 August 1929_p10.pdf

A lengthy illustrated article by John Russell Parry about gargoyles in Melbourne that appeared in the Melbourne newspaper The Argus on August 10, 1929. The article provides the etymology of 'gargoyle', derived from Latin via Old French, and explains…

Tags: carving, gargoyle, gargoyles, Gothic, gothic architecture, John Russell Parry, Latin, Melbourne, Old French, sculptor, sculpture, The Argus, Vic, Victoria

Medieval Education: Medieval and Ancient Programs for Schools

Medieval Education: Medieval and Ancient Programs for Schools are run by Multisensory Education Pty. Ltd., who is based in Melbourne. The group offer educational programs for schools in Victoria. They have a comprehensive array of Medieval Activity…

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