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Anniversary of the Establishment of the Eight Hour Day

A wood engraving by an artist for the Victorian Millers' Union which commemorates the 35th anniversary of the establishment of the eight hour working day in Victoria. Some historians consider trade unions to be the successors of medieval guilds.

Tags: Amalgamated Millers Union of Victoria, anniversary, banner, Eight Hour Day, Elizabethan Tableau, engraving, labour, Labour Day, Millers Union, sketch, Tobannonists Tableau, Trade Union, union, unionism, work, working class

Balingup 2012 film

This 11 minute film on YouTube shows highlights of the 2012 Balingup Medieval Carnivale held in the town of Balingup in the south-west of Western Australia on August 25-26. The film was made by Michael Cheffins for ZigZagCommunityArts Inc., and the…

Balingup Medieval Carnivale Parade

A close-up digital photograph of a section of the parade at the Balingup Medieval Carnivale. This image features a group in well-polished armour. The parade went through the town of Balingup before ending up at the carnivale site. It took place on…

Tags: Armour, Balingup, Balingup Medieval Carnivale, banner, banners, carnival, knight, knights, parade, parades, procession, processions, recreation, Shire of Donnybrook-Balingup, South-West WA, WA, Western Australia

Balingup Medieval Carnivale Parade

An image of a section of the parade at the Balingup Medieval Carnivale, 2010. The costumed participants march behind a banner portraying an eagle, which might be their sigil. The parade made its way through the town of Balingup before ending at the…

Balingup Medieval Carnivale, 2012

This website tells you everything you need to know about the Balingup Medieval Carnivale for 2012. The event lasts from the 25th to 26th of August and is held in the beautiful town of Balingup in Western Australia's South-West.

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Banner for United Operative Masons of Melbourne

An image of a medieval-style embellished banner for the United Operative Masons of Melbourne, Victoria. The banner commemorates the 8 hour day Labor Movement, with the 3 men around the triangle symbolising 8 hours of work, 8 hours of recreation and…

Tags: activism, banner, banners, labour, mason, parade, politics, procession, processions, stone, stone mason, stone masonry, stone masons, stonemason, trade, trade procession, Trade Union, trade unionism, unionism, unions, work, working class

Banners at the SCA College Challenge - St. Basil vs. St. Lazarus

Image of hand-made centrally supported one-sided banners at the Society for Creative Anachronism's College Challenge between St. Basil (UWA) and St. Lazarus (Murdoch University). The event was held on the 19th of December, 2010 at the UWA campus. …

Battle Between SCA Members at the 2010 College Challenge

Members of the Society for Creative Anachronism (SCA) fighting in a tournament known as 'the College Challenge.' The battle depicted in these images was fought between members from both St. Basil (UWA) and St. Lazarus (Murdoch). In Perth, Western …

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