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David Jones Window Display, Sydney, New South Wales

This window display was in an Elizabeth Street, Sydney, window of the David Jones department store. It shows a medieval-style castle topped with a crenelated parapet being guarded by mice carrying spears and wearing helmets. A lion wearing a crown…

Tags: banner, castle, Christmas, crenel, David Jones, helmet, New South Wales, NSW, parapet, retail, shield, shop, spear, Sydney, window display

Torture Display at Kryal Castle

An image taken at the Kryal Castle model Medieval Torture display. This mannequin is being tortured using a rat in a cage, an effective form of capital punishment used in the Middle Ages.

About Kryal Castle:

Located 8km from Ballarat in…

Tags: Ballarat, barbarism, battlements, cage, capital punishment, castle, cruelty, entertainment, functions, Keith Ryall, Kryal Castle, leisure, Melbourne, punishment, rat, re-creation, recreation, torture, tourism, tower, Vic, Victoria

Burdiken Medieval Knights

Burdiken Medieval Knights are a living history/re-enactment group based in the Queensland town of Home Hill on the Burdekin River. The group have a channel on YouTube that features a series of films, including broadsword lessons and demonstrations,…

Tom Room Building, Launceston Church Grammar School, Tasmania

Launceston Church Grammar School has two campuses in the northern Tasmanian city of Launceston. The relatively recent brick Tom Room Building continues the medieval theme found elsewhere on the campus by the use buttresses that end as crenellation.…

Tags: buttress, castle, coat of arms, crenellation, crest, drama, education, Gothic, Launceston, Launceston Church Grammar School, Mowbray, parapet, pointed arch, school, shield, Tas, Tasmania, Tom Room, tower.

Gothic Window, Kryal Castle, Ballarat

An image of a gothic-style window at Kryal Castle, a tourist attraction located 8km from Ballarat in Victoria. It was built in 1972 and opened in 1974 by Keith Ryall.

Described as â€˜Australiaâ€™s unique medieval castleâ€™, Kryal…

Tags: arch, arched, Ballarat, battlements, castle, entertainment, functions, Gothic, gothic window, Keith Ryall, Kryal Castle, leisure, Melbourne, re-creation, recreation, staircase, stairs, tourism, tower, Vic, Victoria, window, windows

Portrait of Gloria Rose Armstrong, Kryal Castle

An image of a portrait of Gloria Rose Armstrong who designed and executed the hand embroidered 'Kyral Tapestry', which is displayed at Kryal Castle, a tourist attraction located 8km from Ballarat in Victoria. The tapestry depicts Kryal Castle and…

Medieval "Torture Chamber" at Kryal Castle

An image taken at the Kryal Castle model Medieval Torture display. The mannequins have been chained to the wall as prisoners in a medieval 'torture chamber.'

About Kryal Castle:

Located 8km from Ballarat in Victoria, Kryal Castle is a local…

Tags: Ballarat, barbarism, battlements, capital punishment, castle, cruelty, entertainment, functions, Keith Ryall, Kryal Castle, leisure, Melbourne, punishment, re-creation, recreation, torture, tourism, tower, Vic, Victoria

Launceston Church Grammar School crest, Mowbray, Launceston, Tasmania

Launceston Church Grammar School has two campuses in the northern Tasmanian city of Launceston. The school crest, or coat of arms, features a shield with the image of a castle with crenelated parapets and square towers. Above the castle is an open…

Tags: castle, coat of arms, crenellation, crest, education, Latin, Launceston, Launceston Church Grammar School, Mowbray, parapet, school, sculpture, shield, Tas, Tasmania, tower.

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