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Viking Maidens’ Bobbed Hair
An article on page 30 of the Perth newspaper the Western Mail on January 9, 1930. The article reports on the discovery of a Viking burial ground in East Prussia dating from the ninth to eleventh centuries. The male burials were accompanied by a…
Tags: burial, East Prussia, fashion, grave-goods, hairstyle, Perth, viking, vogue, WA, Western Australia, Western Mail
Viking Unsweetened Milk
An advertisement on page 15 of the Perth newspaper ‘Western Mail’ on September 8, 1899. The advert is for unsweetened milk made by Henri Nestle in the ‘highlands’ of Norway and sold by Preston and Co. in Fremantle, Western…
Tags: Ad, advertisement, advertising, Fremantle, Henri Nestle, marketing, milk, Nestle, Norway, Norwegian, Perth, Preston and Co., viking, vikings, WA, Western Australia, Western Mail
Viking House
A report on the recently completed office building Viking House on page 38 of the Perth newspaper the Western Mail on February 28, 1913. The building, which no longer survives, is described as being ‘a replica of early Gothic’ and was…
Tags: Allen and Nicholas, building, buildings, early gothic, Gothic, office, office building, offices, Perth, ship, ships, viking, vikings, WA, Western Australia, Western Mail
Svensk Viking
A letter to the Pen Name Competition of the Western Mail newspaper, Perth, by Svensk Viking. The letter describes how the author chose their pen name as they grew up in Sweden (Svensk translates to ‘Swedish’) listening to older children…
Tags: pen name, Perth, saga, sagas, Sweden, viking, vikings, WA, Western Australia, Western Mail