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Hungry Jacks Chicken Minis advertisement

The Hungry Jacks television advertisement for their Chicken Minis burger opens with a jousting tournament on the ‘Isle of Shetland’, Scotland. A knight in full armour and helmet with visor rides a Shetland pony and carries a lance. The…

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Full Tilt jousting

Full Tilt is a jousting entertainment company run by Rod Walker based in the New South Wales city of Bathurst. They can be hired for events wherein performers dressed as medieval knights perform feats of swordplay before they put on a jousting…

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Full Metal Jousting: Rod Walker

This online biography of Rod Walker appears on the History.com website for the television show Full Metal Jousting. Rod, a founding member of the International Jousting Association, is one of the coaches on the show. The show is a televised jousting…

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Features of the Kryal Tapestry

Two images showing some of the details of the hand embroidered 'Kyral Tapestry', which is displayed at Kryal Castle, a tourist attraction located 8km from Ballarat in Victoria. The tapestry was designed and executed by Gloria Rose Armstrong, and…

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Eslite dâ€™ Corps: Premier 14th C Reenactment

Eslite d’ Corps: Premier 14th C Reenactment are a living history group based in the outer Brisbane suburb of Redcliffe North. The group were founded in 2006 and are headed by ‘Sir Justyn Webb’. Eslite d’ Corp is based on a…

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Detail of a mounted Knightâ€™s leg at Ironfest

This close-up image of a mounted knightâ€™s leg was taken at Ironfest in 2008 by the photographer Richard Taylor. It reveals a blend of contemporary customs and traditional workmanship, for modern re-enactments of jousting require utmost…

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Crunch time: making money from a medieval extreme sport

This online newspaper article by David Wilson appeared in the My Small Business section of The Sydney Morning Herald. The article features an interview with Rod Walker about his business Full Tilt. The Bathurst-based business run fully costumed…

Tags: Armour, Bathurst, battle, David Wilson, entertainment, Full Tilt, helmet, jousting, knights, lance, My Small Business, New South Wales, NSW, Rod Walker, shield, sport, sword, The Sydney Morning Herald, tournament, war

Blacktown Medieval Fayre

This online newspaper article by Ben McClellan appeared in the Blacktown Advocate on May 21, 2012. It reports on the recent Blacktown (western Sydney) Medieval Fayre. According to the article, the Fayre featured medieval-themed stalls, demonstrations…

Tags: Armour, Ben McClellan, Blacktown, Blacktown Advocate, Blacktown Medieval Fayre, costume, fair, jousting, knights, New South Wales, newspaper, NSW, re-creation, re-enactment, Sydney

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