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Fantasy, Fairy Tale and Childhood: The Fantastic Imagination in European Culture (UWA)
One of two posters for the second and third year undergraduate course ‘Fantasy, Fairy Tale and Childhood’ offered at The University of Western Australia. The course includes European folk and fairy tales, and examines their place …
Fantasy, Fairy Tale and Childhood: The Fantastic Imagination in European Culture
One of two posters for the second and third year undergraduate course ‘Fantasy, Fairy Tale and Childhood’ offered at The University of Western Australia. The course includes European folk and fairy tales, and examines their place …
Sir Kaark the Crow
In this children's comic strip from the Sydney Morning Herald, the medieval themes of chivalry and gallantry are combined with anglicised Australian animal icons. In the comic, a dream is depicted in which Kaark the Crow imagines himself as a…
Sir Kaark the Crow Comic, July 1947
Sir Kaark the Crow is a children's comic strip that featured in the Sydney Morning Herald. Set in a medieval land of dragons, knights, wizards and a bad baron, it combined common medieval themes such as chivalry and gallantry with animal characters…
Sir Kaark the Crow Comic
In this children's comic strip from the Sydney Morning Herald in 1947, Sir Kaark the crow escapes from the clutches of a hungry dragon by donning the armour of a knight who is bathing in a pool nearby. He is then asked to rescue the 'Lady in…
Entrance to St. Patrick's School, York, Western Australia
An image of St. Patrick's Convent School located on South Street in York, a town ninety minutes south east of Perth in Western Australia.
The school was built in 1873 by Father Patrick Gibney for the Sisters of Mercy. The Sisters of Mercy taught…
The school was built in 1873 by Father Patrick Gibney for the Sisters of Mercy. The Sisters of Mercy taught…
Vaulted Ceiling, St. Patrick's School, York, Western Australia
An image of the vaulted ceiling of St. Patrick's Convent School located on South Street in York, a town ninety minutes south east of Perth in Western Australia.
The school was built in 1873 by Father Patrick Gibney for the Sisters of Mercy. The…
The school was built in 1873 by Father Patrick Gibney for the Sisters of Mercy. The…
A Medieval Manor House
In this article from a regular children’s column in the Sunday Times called “The Girls and Boys Clubâ€, a standard and idealised description of medieval manor houses is provided. According to the author, a fifteenth-century manor…