Medievalism in Australian Cultural Memory

Y.M.C.A. Viking Club

A newspaper article on page 2 of the Broken Hill newspaper Barrier Miner on 14 November, 1928. The article reports on the inaugural meeting of the Viking Club in Broken Hill. Held in the local Y.M.C.A., the meeting featured a lecture sex education…

Tags: Barrier Miner, Broken Hill, club, clubs, fraternity, meeting, New South Wales, NSW, sex education, sexual education, societies, society, viking, vikings, Y.M.C.A., Y.M.C.A. Viking Club

Irish National Foresters Float at the Saint Patrick's Day Parade, Sydney, ca. 1930

An image depicting members of the Irish National Foresters Friendly Society on board a float in a Saint Patrick's Day procession in Sydney, ca 1930. About the Society: The Irish National Foresters Organisation/Friendly Society is a mutual aid…

Druitt's Lodge Procession Along Beamish Street, Campsie, New South Wales

Hyperlink to an image of a Druitt's Lodge procession along Beamish Street in Campsie, Sydney, NSW.

The photograph was taken in the 1920s and shows a parade of Freemasons, some of whom are carrying banners. Although the origins of Freemasonry are…

Tags: banner, banners, Campsie, celebration, Druitt's Lodge, event, festival, fraternities, fraternity, Freemasonry, lodge, Masons, men, Mt Druitt, New South Wales, NSW, parade, parades, procession, processions, recreation, road, street, Sydney

Members of the Saint David's Society of Brisbane

An image depicting men and women of the Welsh Saint David's Society of Brisbane, gathered around the Society's banner, which depicts a dragon. BRIEF HISTORY OF THE SOCIETY: The Saint David’s Welsh Society was founded on 16th April 1918 with…

Tags: association, associations, banner, banners, Brisbane, club, clubs, dragon, fraternities, fraternity, Qld, Queensland, saint, Saint David, saints, societies, society, St David, Wales, Welsh, Welsh dragon

Two Men of the Ancient Order of Foresters Parading in Ceremonial Dress

Image depicting two men of the Ancient Order of Foresters on horses dressed in full Forestry garb. About the Ancient Order of Foresters: The Ancient Order of Foresters originated in England in the mid-eighteenth century, with the first recorded…

Tags: Ancient Order of Foresters, float, floats, Foresters, fraternities, fraternity, friendly societies, friendly society, horse, horses, New South Wales, NSW, parade, parades, procession, processions, Ted Hood

The Ancient Order of Foresters Parading in Ceremonial Dress

Image depicting men of the Ancient Order of Foresters parading on horses in their ceremonial dress at a parade in 1929. About the Ancient Order of Foresters: The Ancient Order of Foresters originated in England in the mid-eighteenth century, with…

Tags: Ancient Order of Foresters, banner, banners, float, floats, Foresters, fraternities, fraternity, friendly societies, friendly society, horse, horses, New South Wales, NSW, parade, parades, procession, processions, Ted Hood

The Ancient Order of Foresters - Women Parading in Headdresses

Image depicting two women of the Ancient Order of Foresters wearing elaborate headdresses at a parade in 1929. About the Ancient Order of Foresters: The Ancient Order of Foresters originated in England in the mid-eighteenth century, with the first…

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…

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