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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

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

'The Anglo-Saxon World' Unit

Second year undergraduate unit â€˜The Anglo-Saxon Worldâ€™ coordinated by G.J. Tulloch at Flinders University. Although the unit focuses on Anglo-Saxon literature of the eighth to eleventh centuries, including an introduction to the Old…

Tags: Adelaide, Anglo-Saxon, Anglo-Saxons, England, fantasy, Flinders University, Graham Tulloch, J.R.R. Tolkien, pop culture, popular culture, South Australia, The Hobbit, Tolkien, universities, university

'Romancing the Medieval' Unit

Level 3 undergraduate unit â€˜Romancing the Medievalâ€™ coordinated by Stephanie Trigg at the University of Melbourne. The unit covers a variety of genres of medieval literature, as well as post-16th century works that re-create or revive…

Weddings at Sunshine Castle, Bli Bli

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, herald, knight, medieval feast, Norman, Norman style, popular culture, Qld, Queensland, re-creation, re-enactment, recreation, Sunshine Castle, Sunshine Coast, tourism, tourist, venue, wedding, weddings

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

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…

"Le Forgeron Marionettes, Knight, 1930-1956"

Part of the Le Forgeron Marionette collection held at Museum Victoria, this marionette is of a medieval knight dressed in full body armour and wearing a helmet. It was manufactured and performed in Melbourne by Alex and Murray Smith some time between…

Tags: Armour, entertainment, knight, knights, marionette, marionettes, popular culture, popular entertainment, puppet, puppets

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