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Camelot Cottage, Launceston, Tasmania

Alice’s Cottages offer romantic B&B accommodation in the Tasmanian city of Launceston. One of the cottages is called ‘Camelot Cottage’ (named after the castle and court of KingArthur), and it features ‘Merlin’s…

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Win or Kill

This article from the Sunday Times in 1907 comments on what the author views as the un-gentlemanly state of sporting ethic in the early twentieth century. It likens the use of padding and helmets in sports such as cricket, baseball and football to…

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The Term â€˜Blockheadâ€™

The Term Blockhead_Sydney Morning Herald_9 August 1938_p7.pdf

This newspaper article from the Sydney Morning Herald dates the colloquialism â€˜blockheadâ€™ to the eighteenth century, when hats became popular and every man would have a block for his hat. The custom of tipping oneâ€™s hat as a…

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Battle of Nations 2013

The Battle of Nations Festival is a full contact medieval tournament held in Europe which began in 2009. Australia will field a team for the first time in 2013 and will be captained by Kit Houston. The event features various combat categories, from…

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Bismarck Metalcraft

Bismarck Metalcraft was established in 1988 by Ken Bradford in the northern Tasmanian town of Deloraine. They use modern steel to create armour, helmets, knives, and swords, including many recreations of items from medieval Britain and Europe, and…

Tags: Armour, Bismarck Metalcraft, Deloraine, helmet, Ken Bradford, knife, knight, Old English font, re-creation, sword, Tas, Tasmania, website.

Black Wolf re-enactment group

Black Wolf is a living history/re-enactment group based in the Queensland town of Allora. They are focus on the Crusades and Crusader experiences in the Middle East during the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. Their leader is ‘Duke Robert…

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James Boagâ€™s Draught

This billboard in Launceston advertises James Boagâ€™s Draught beer. The logo for the beer features an armoured knight wearing a helmet and thrusting downwards with a spear. Behind him lies a dragon. The inclusion of a dragon suggests that the…

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"Requiescat" by Briton RiviÃ¨re

This oil on canvas painting by English artist Briton Rivière was purchased by the Art Gallery of New South Wales (from the artist) in 1897-1898. Completed in 1888, it depicts an armoured medieval knight lying supine on top of a wooden bed and…

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