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Livery Buttons Leading Families of New South Wales

Livery and its insignia were integral to medieval culture; their bestowal and wearing marked allegiance and identification to particular lords, factions or beliefs. As late as the early fifteenth century, regular livery awards at Christmas or Easter…

Tags: clothing, clothing imports, crests, heraldry, James McEvoy, livery, Medieval Allegiance, New South Wales, NSW

St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Skipton, Victoria - Side View

St Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Skipton, was designed by architects Davidson and Henderson of Geelong and built in 1871-2. The bluestone building is in the Gothic Revival style and features pointed arch windows and a square bell tower with a…

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St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Skipton, Victoria - Church Tower

St Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Skipton, was designed by architects Davidson and Henderson of Geelong and built in 1871-2. The bluestone building is in the Gothic Revival style and features pointed arch windows and a square bell tower with a…

Tags: architects, architecture, bluestone, Church, Davidson and Henderson, Gothic, gothic architecture, Gothic Revival, Presbyterian, saint, Saint Andrew, saints, Skipton, spire, St Andrew, St. Andrew, tower, towers, Vic, Victoria

St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Skipton - Interior

St Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Skipton, was designed by architects Davidson and Henderson of Geelong and built in 1871-2. The bluestone building is in the Gothic Revival style and features pointed arch windows and a square bell tower with a…

Tags: architects, architecture, bluestone, Church, Davidson and Henderson, Gothic, gothic architecture, Gothic Revival, Presbyterian, saint, Saint Andrew, saints, Skipton, St Andrew, St. Andrew, Vic, Victoria

Skipton Presbyterian Church of Victoria Detail

Hyperlink to an image of Skipton Presbyterian Church in Victoria. Shows a detailed corner of the building. Built in the 19th Century gothic style from bluestone.

Tags: architect, architecture, bluestone, bluestone building, building, Christian, Christianity, Church, churches, exterior, gargoyle, gargoyles, Gothic, Gothic building, gothic church, Gothic Revival, Presbyterian, religion, religious

“Millie and Chard win Beauty and the Geek Australia”, Perth Now, 29 November 2012.

This online article from the Perth Now website describes the fourth season finale show of TV programme Beauty & the Geek Australia, from which contestants Chard and Millie emerged as winners. Pursuing a ‘happily ever after’ fairytale…

Tags: Australian TV, Beauty & the Geek, broadcast, Channel 7, Chard, fairytale, finale, jousting, knight, masquerade ball, medieval challenge, medieval festivities, Millie, princess, program, programme, sonnet, television, winners

Citadel Medieval Society

Citadel Medieval Society is a living history group based in Queensland. The group were founded seventeen years ago and focus on two time periods and locations: the port of La Rochelle, France, in c. 1370 during the Hundred Years War; and the German…

'Are We Medieval?' The Worker, 2 January 1904

This article from Brisbane publication The Worker rebukes derisive comments published by a London journalist mocking Australia’s legislation concerning workers as a reversion to medieval trade laws. Responding to McKenzie’s quip that…

Tags: Criticism, democracy, economy, guild, industrialisation, labour, legislation, McKenzie, medieval guilds, politics, Professor Thorold Rogers, progress, trade, trade bosses, trade guilds, trade unionism, wages, workers, working conditions

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