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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 …

Float for the Juvenile Section of the Ancient Order of Foresters

Image depicting a children's float for the Ancient Order of Foresters at a parade in NSW. About the Ancient Order of Foresters: The Ancient Order of Foresters originated in England in the mid-eighteenth century, with the first recorded Foresters…

Harry Potter Birthday Parties With Owls

A hyperlink to a page the Western Australian Birds of Prey Centre website. It reads:

"With the increasing number of themed birthday partys, the Harry Potter theme is a fantastic way to have fun and relive the memorys of Harry Potter. The Western…

Tags: birds, birds of prey, birthday, children, eagle, eagles, falconry, flying display, flying displays, Harry Potter, hawk, hawks, owl, owls, parties, party, Perth, prey, raptor, raptors, recreation, rehabilitation, WA, Western Australia, Western Australian Birds of Prey Centre

Lego Viking Shop Display

This strangely weapon-less Lego Viking warrior was used as an in-store display piece. The warrior is approximately one metre high and is wearing helmet with the horns associated with the Vikings in popular portrayals. His shield features two…

Tags: Armour, art, battle, battles, child, children, display, dragon, figurine, Lego, retail, shield, shop, shop display, Sweden, toys, viking, vikings, warrior, warriors

Modelling Display by Student Teachers

This photograph of a replica medieval monastery was featured in Melbourne newspaper The Argus in 1937. It was constructed by student teachers at the Teachers Training College as part of an exhibition of works, and was designed as a modelling task for…

Tags: bell tower, children, class, classroom, Cloisters, college, curriculum, display, ecclesiastical building, education, exhibition, medieval monastery, modelling, school, student teachers, students, Teachers Training College

PICA Tower, Perth

This photograph shows the tower of the Perth Institute of Contemporary Art in the Perth Cultural Centre. The building, opened in 1897 and designed by William Atkins, was originally the Perth Boysâ€™ and Girlsâ€™ School, and was often…

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…

Tags: animal, Australian fauna, Banquet, baron, cartoon, child, children, children's entertainment, chivalry, comic, comics, crow, damsel, dream, entertainment, feast, gallantry, knight, knighthood, koala, Lady in Distress, magic, New South Wales, newspaper, NSW, prince, Prince Gallant, Sir Kaark, spell, Sydney, Sydney Morning Herald

Sir Kaark the Crow Comic

Sir Kaark the Crow_Sydney Morning Herald_16 April 1947_p15.pdf

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…

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