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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

Laurie Payne, Tour of Camelot, 1966

In this black and white photograph from the Laurie Payne Collection of Theatrical Photographs (held by the National Library of Australia), actor Laurie Payne poses in his costume, a suit of armour, for the musical Camelot. The musical, written by…

Tags: actor, Armour, Arthur, Arthurian, Arthuriana, Camelot, chivalric, chivalry, entertainment, Guinevere, helmet, King Arthur, knight, knighthood, Lancelot, Laurie Payne, musical, performance, plate armour, play, plays, popular culture, round table, stage, stage performance, theatre

Laurie Payne & Tony Hughes in Costume for Camelot

In this black and white photograph from the Laurie Payne Collection of Theatrical Photographs (held by the National Library of Australia), actors Laurie Payne and Tony Hughes in their costumes for the musical Camelot are pictured with an unnamed man…

Crowd outside the Hoyts Century Theatre at the Preview of Camelot, Sydney

In this black and white photograph by J. A. Mulligan, a crowd gathers outside the Hoyts Century Theatre in Sydney on 20 December 1967 to attend a preview of the film Camelot. The film was a screen adaptation of the 1960 musical of the same name by…

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…

Sir Kaark the Crow Comic, July 1947

Sir Kaark the Crow_Sydney Morning Herald_16 July 1947_p11.pdf

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…

Tags: Bad Baron, cartoon, children, chivalry, comic, damsel, dragon, duel, gallantry, knight, knighthood, knights, Lady in Distress, New South Wales, newspaper, NSW, popular culture, Prince Gallant, Sir Kaark, Sydney, Sydney Morning Herald

"The Spirit of the Middle Ages in Macquarie Street"

This photograph in The Sydney Morning Herald in 1930 shows three sculptures of medieval knights. The seated knights are on the new B.M.A. (British Medical Association) Building in Macquarie Street, Sydney. They wear full body armour and helmets with…

Tags: chivalry, knight, knighthood, knights, Macquarie Street, medieval, sculpture, scuptures, statue, statues, Sydney, Sydney Morning Herald

Guide to the Lohac Guilds

A list of the Guilds which the members of the Lochac Region (within the Society for Creative Anachronism) can join. Some of the Guilds include: Brewers, Vintners and Imbibers Guild Broiderers Guild Lohac Cooks' Guild Royal Guild of…

Tags: "Society for Creative Anachronism", chivalry, guild, knight, knighthood, re-enactment, recreation, SCA, society

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