For their blog see http://blackwolfcaravan.blogspot.com.au/
]]>Black Wolf is a living history/re-enactment group based in the Queensland town of Allora. They are focus on the Crusades and Crusader experiences in the Middle East during the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. Their leader is ‘Duke Robert IV’. The text on the Black Wolf website emphasises the multicultural nature of the Holy Land (referred to as Outremer: Fr. outre mer, over-seas) and the merchant caravans travelling the Silk Road from China. Two famous medieval explorers, Marco Polo and Ibn Battuta, are also mentioned. The multicultural interest of the group can be seen in their members, whose characters are French, Turkish, Irish, Danish, and English. The gallery on the website highlights the martial aspects of the group, with members dressed as knights in chain mail and helmets fighting with swords and shields.
For their blog see http://blackwolfcaravan.blogspot.com.au/
The blog can be found at: http://travelling-foodies.blogspot.com.au/2012/06/robin-hood-of-regional-tourism.html
]]>The Travelling-Foodies blog includes an entry made on June 15, 2012, titled ‘Robin Hood of Regional Tourism!’. The entry reports that the Tourism Channel were providing free websites for small regional towns, helping them to promote their attractions to tourists. One of the founders of the Tourism Channel, Nicholas Parkinson-Bates, is quoted as saying ‘We like to think of ourselves as the Robin Hood of tourism’. The quote refers to the free help being provided to poorer towns, and how it is similar to the legend of Robin Hood taking from the rich to help the poor.
The blog can be found at: http://travelling-foodies.blogspot.com.au/2012/06/robin-hood-of-regional-tourism.html
Jorgensen, Norman, and James Foley, "The Last Viking," in Medievalism in Australian Cultural Memory, Item #420, http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/420
Jorgensen, Norman, and James Foley, "The Last Viking," in Medievalism in Australian Cultural Memory, Item #420, http://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/420