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"Torture Wheel" at Kryal Castle

An image taken at the Kryal Castle model Medieval Torture display. This mannequin is being tortured upon the breaking wheel, an effective form of capital punishment used in the Middle Ages.

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Located 8km from Ballarat in…

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"This Must Not Happen Here"

This photograph from the Canberra Times depicts a ghetto in Poland during Nazi Rule. A group of Jewish people can be seen wearing armbands. Their treatment is conemned by the reporter as an example of medieval barbarity, with the caption suggesting…

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"The Spirit of the Middle Ages in Macquarie Street"

This photograph in The Sydney Morning Herald in 1930 shows three sculptures of medieval knights. The seated knights are on the new B.M.A. (British Medical Association) Building in Macquarie Street, Sydney. They wear full body armour and helmets with…

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"The Old Squire Sir William rode to Virland," Henry Lawson

Henry Lawson (1867-1922), one of Australia's most famous poets, and a symbol for the Australian Nationalism Movement.

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"The GÃ¶theborg Welcoming Party"

A hyperlink to an archived news article on the Miss Maud's website. On 13 May 2006 employees of Miss Maud's bakehouse, hotel, restaurant and pastry houses welcomed the Swedish Ship GÃ¶theborg as it stopped off at Fremantle Harbour on its journey…

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"Should the Warrior of Today Wear Armor?"

An article in the New York Times on September 19, 1915, advocating the use of armor/armour and citing the example of Ned kelly. The article was written by Bashford Dean, Curator of Armor at the Metropolitan Museum in New York. Professor Dean notes…

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"Serfs Hit Back" Online Article

An online article on June 18, 2011, by Jennifer Witham based on comments that AFL commentator Leigh Matthews made on-air at the Melbourne radio station 3AW. Matthews described the pay claims of the players against the AFL as the â€˜serfs fighting…

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"Saint Joan"

This article from the Sunday Times provides a positive review of George Bernard Shaw’s “Saint Joan”, which premiered in Australia at His Majesty’s Theatre in 1932. “Saint Joan” is a play based on the life…

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