‘Alfred Was Great King’
Alfred the Great, Anglo-Saxon, Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, Charters Towers, Danes, education, England, King Alfred, law, literature, navy, The Northern Miner, Old English Chronicle, Qld, Queensland, Vikings, Wessex.
<p>‘Alfred Was Great King’ is an anonymous article that appeared in the Charters Towers, Queensland, newspaper <em>The Northern Miner</em> in 1954. The article is about the ninth-century Anglo-Saxon/English king Alfred of Wessex, or Alfred the Great. The article enthusiastically supports his title and discusses Alfred’s achievements – saving Wessex from Danish (Viking) invaders, laying the foundations for English law, beginning its naval tradition, and promoting education and prose literature. A lot of text is devoted to another of Alfred’s achievements, the establishment of the Old English Chronicle, now usually referred to as the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. It is described in the article as ‘the first great work in English prose’. </p>
<p>The article can be found at <a href="http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article81658763">http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article81658763</a> </p>
Anon.
The Northern Miner
February 6, 1954
Public Domain
Newspaper article; hyperlink
MacLaurin Window, Nicholson Vestibule, University of Sydney
Alfred the Great, Anglo-Saxon, James I/VI, Sir Henry Normand MacLaurin, MacLaurin Window, navy, New South Wales, Nicholson Vestibule, NSW, ship, stained glass, Sydney, University of Sydney, Viking, Wessex
The MacLaurin Window was created in 1920 and can be found in the Nicholson Vestibule lighting the staircase. The window has a portrait of Sir Henry Normand MacLaurin, Chancellor of the University of Sydney from 1896 to 1914, flanked by James I (England) and VI (Scotland) (1566-1625), and Alfred the Great (849-899). Alfred was king of the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Wessex (roughly England south of the Thames) and his dynasty later unified England. Alfred is shown holding a warship, perhaps due to the notion that he was the father of the English navy due to the ships that he had constructed to help counter Viking attacks.
White, David
University of Sydney
11 February 2012
University of Sydney, David White (photograph in link)
Hyperlink
Modern Viking
Hobart, Lief Larsen, The Mercury, Norway, Norwegian, WWII, World War, war, wars, World War II, Second World War, TAS, Tasmania, Viking, navy, naval forces
A short article with photograph on page 22 of the Hobart newspaper ‘The Mercury’ on September 5, 1953. The article reports the recent activities of the World War Two Norwegian resistance hero Lief Larsen. The article describes Larsen as a ‘Modern Viking’.
Anon.
National Library of Australia
The Mercury
5 September 1953
National Library of Australia
Newspaper Article; PDF
English
SMH Thurs 19 July 1945 Welcome Banquet in London Guildhall for Australian Sailors
Guildhall ceremonies, medieval banquet hall, Old and New worlds, brave hosts, heroic guests, war victory, street march, HMAS Australia, Australian navy, ‘young bronzed sailors’ myth, ruined medieval buildings, Waltzing Matilda on London streets, WWII, Second World War, Trafalgar Square, Admiralty Arch, military, navy, stained–glass windows, monuments, war, post-war celebrations
At the end of World War II, Australian sailors of the vessel HMAS AUSTRALIA are depicted as heroic warriors (young and bronzed) who are privileged to march the medieval streets of Old London to dine and mingle with the Admiralty in the bombed London Guildhall. The backdrop of broken medieval stained-glass windows, shattered monuments and the temporary tin Hall roof highlights British pride in their Old World heritage but invokes powerful metaphors of victory amid ruins with the assistance of the New World, Australia.
Staff Correspondent Sydney Morning Herald reporting from London
National Library of Australia
Sydney Morning Herald
18 July 1945
Public Domain
PDF, Newspaper Article
English