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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…

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Morgan Le Fay

This watercolour by Australian artist Christian Waller was gifted to the Art Gallery of Ballarat in 1933 by the Women’s Association. It depicts a woman in medieval dress whom the title identifies as Morgan Le Fay. Morgan Le Fay is a…

The Kingâ€™s Horses Medieval Equestrian Society Inc., Ballarat, Victoria

The King’s Horses Medieval Equestrian Society Inc. are a living history group based in the Victorian city of Ballarat. The group were formed in 2007 to focus on the equestrian aspects of the medieval period, especially the 13th century. The…

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…

Tags: Armour, Bathurst, combat, Full Metal Jousting, helmet, History.com, International Jousting Association, jousting, knight, lance, New South Wales, NSW, Rod Walker, shield, television

â€˜The Black Knightâ€™

This detailed action photograph of two knights jousting was taken at the Blacktown Medieval Fayre by Richard Taylor in 2011. Considerable attention to detail is evidenced by quality gear and trappings. Note the blunt headed lance and knightly…

Sir Walter Buffalo Lawn

The variety of Buffalo Lawn known as Sir Walter was developed in 1996. The logo for the associated company features a medieval knight wearing a helmet and armour riding a horse. The knight carries a lance and a shield, and the appearance of the horse…

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‘The Ballad of Sir Anopheles’, The Bulletin, 18 June 1908

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The hero of this poem, as the name Sir Anopheles hints, is a mosquito. The author here humorously stages an encounter between man and mosquito as a drawn-out battle between a recumbent Ogre and an intrepid and undaunted medieval knight. It is clear…

Tags: Armour, battle, chivalry, humour, knight, lance, mosquito, ogre, Sir Anopheles

Old Testament window, St Davidâ€™s Cathedral, Hobart, Tasmania

This large stained glass window featuring three figures from the Old Testament is on the northern wall of St David’s Anglican Cathedral, Hobart. It was created by the firm Burlison and Grylls and installed in the Cathedral in 1872. Each of the…

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