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Getting Ready for Battle - 2010 SCA College Challenge
Members of the Society for Creative Anachronism preparing to fight in a battle for the 2010 College Challenge between the factions of St Lazarus and St Basil. The tournament was held at the University of Western Australia.
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Medieval costumes at the 2003 Perth Medieval and Renaissance Group Christmas Party
Members of the Perth Medieval and Renaissance Group in medieval costume posing for photos at the PMRG Christmas Party in 2003.
The Perth Medieval and Renaissance group was founded in 1981. Its membership is comprised of staff, graduates and…
Weddings. Henry-Christie
This article from the wedding column of the Western Mail gives an account of the wedding of Marjorie Christie and Norman J. Henry at St Andrew’s Presbyterian Church in Perth, Western Australia, on 15 July 1933. The bride’s dress is…
Early English Portraiture
In this Western Mail article from 1930, the author begins by providing a somewhat negative review of Thomas Hoccleve’s poem, “The Regiment of Princes”. Asserting that the poem “looks better than it reads”, the author…
Heiress Marries Prince
In this article from the Western Mail, news from Paris informs readers about a cheering crowd of 3000 people, mostly women, who mobbed Miss Barbara Hutton, the American Woolworths’ heiress, and Russian Prince Alexis Mdivani as they left the…