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History of the Sunshine Castle, Bli Bli - A Timeline

The Sunshine Castle is a popular tourist destination on the Sunshine Coast in Queensland. Influenced by a Norman architectural style, and complete with medieval additions such as a moat, turrets and a drawbridge, the castle hosts markets and…

Tags: Bli Bli, castle, entertainment, function venue, Norman, Norman style, popular culture, Qld, Queensland, re-creation, re-enactment, recreation, Sunshine Coast, tourism, tourist, venue

Knightqueste Myspace Profile

A hyperlink to the Myspace music profile for Australian metal band, Knightqueste. Based in Wollongong, New South Wales, Knightqueste have utilised elements of a typically 'masculinised' medieval past. In particular, there is a strong focus on…

Laurie Payne & Tony Hughes in Costume for Camelot

In this black and white photograph from the Laurie Payne Collection of Theatrical Photographs (held by the National Library of Australia), actors Laurie Payne and Tony Hughes in their costumes for the musical Camelot are pictured with an unnamed man…

Laurie Payne, Tour of Camelot, 1966

In this black and white photograph from the Laurie Payne Collection of Theatrical Photographs (held by the National Library of Australia), actor Laurie Payne poses in his costume, a suit of armour, for the musical Camelot. The musical, written by…

Tags: actor, Armour, Arthur, Arthurian, Arthuriana, Camelot, chivalric, chivalry, entertainment, Guinevere, helmet, King Arthur, knight, knighthood, Lancelot, Laurie Payne, musical, performance, plate armour, play, plays, popular culture, round table, stage, stage performance, theatre

Medieval Precedent for Women Playing Bowls

SMH 1934 Thurs 27 Sept Women in Sport Bowls Popular Medieval Women.pdf

The â€˜new phenomenonâ€™ of women participating in sport post World War I is discussed at length. The writer argues that women are physically capable of participating in some sports. The counterpoints to this argument are that they could…

Tags: bowling, bowls, exercise, feminine, femininity, leisure, medieval precedent, medieval precedents, medieval women, Pepys, popular culture, recreation, sport, sports, unfeminine, women, women in sport

Roaming Tiger, The West Australian, 12 December 1953

This interest piece from The West Australian in 1953 discusses the symbolic use of animals in roman legends and medieval fables, and their anthropomorphic investment with human characteristics. Using an incident in New South Wales where a circus…

Tags: Aesop, Androcles, Animals, anthropomorphism, circus, coat of arms, courage, emblem, fables, folklore, gratitude, honour, lion, loyalty, Medieval Romance, Narrandera, New South Wales, NSW, popular culture, Red Riding Hood, Remus, Reynard the Fox, she-wolf, stories, story-tellers, symbolism, tiger, wolf

Saltbush Bill, Knight of the Stockwhip gives performance to Royal Family at Buckingham Palace.

SMH 1912 Wed 27 March Saltbush Bill performs at Buckingham Palace for the Queen[1].pdf

Born in Victoria, Saltbush Bill was dubbed â€˜Knight of the Stockwhipâ€™ and travelled throughout Australia performing feats with the stockwhip. The royal family invited him to perform for them in London at Buckingham Palace, which he did.…

Tags: Australian bush, boomerang, Buckingham Palace, Buckingham Palace Performance, bush, knight, Knight of the Stockwhip, knighthood, popular culture, Royal family, Saltbush Bill, stockwhip, stockwhip king, William Mills

Sir Kaark the Crow Comic

Sir Kaark the Crow_Sydney Morning Herald_16 April 1947_p15.pdf

In this children's comic strip from the Sydney Morning Herald in 1947, Sir Kaark the crow escapes from the clutches of a hungry dragon by donning the armour of a knight who is bathing in a pool nearby. He is then asked to rescue the 'Lady in…

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