‘‘Thingless Names’? The St George Legend in Australia’
Article, beer, commercial, dragon, La Trobe Journal, Andrew Lynch, Perth, poetry, rugby, St George, St George Illawarra Dragons, St George’s Cathedral, stained glass windows, statue, ‘‘Thingless Names’? The St George Legend in Australia’, The University of Western Australia.
<p>‘‘Thingless Names’? The St George Legend in Australia’ is an article by Andrew Lynch from The University of Western Australia. It appeared in the La Trobe Journal (No. 81, pp. 40-52) in Autumn 2008. The article briefly considers the impact of medievalism in Australia during the nineteenth century before focussing in particular on the many uses of the figure of St George, with or without the dragon, which can be found throughout Australia. A wide range of examples, including statues, stained glass windows, street names, poetry, beer commercials, St George Illawarra Dragons rugby club, are used, and there is a particular focus on St George’s Cathedral in Perth. </p>
<p>For the article see <a href="http://nishi.slv.vic.gov.au/latrobejournal/issue/latrobe-81/t1-g-t4.html" target="_self">http://nishi.slv.vic.gov.au/latrobejournal/issue/latrobe-81/t1-g-t4.html</a></p>
Lynch, Andrew
La Trobe Journal
Autumn 2008
Andrew Lynch; La Trobe Journal; State Library of Victoria
Journal article; Hyperlink
‘Gallantry is back’ St George beer commercial
Advertisement, alcohol, beer, Boag’s Brewery, chivalry, commercial, crusade, dragon, gallantry, ‘gallantry is back’, James Boag’s, Launceston, logo, St George, sword, Tas, Tasmania.
<p>This advertisement is for the Launceston, Tasmania, brewing company James Boag’s ‘St George’ beer. The slogan of the commercial is ‘Gallantry is back’, which plays on one of the attributes associated with St George, that of honour. In medieval chivalric culture St George was also depicted as showing great chivalry towards women, and this is the notion found in the advertisement. The advertisement concludes with the logo of a mounted St George coming to life and trampling a dragon underfoot.</p>
<p>For the advertisement see <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXXifVGU8Lk">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXXifVGU8Lk</a></p>
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James Boag Brewery
2006
James Boag Brewery
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