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Warrior and dragon sign, Cascade Brewery, Hobart, Tasmania
This photograph of a sign was taken at the rear of the Cascade Brewery. The sign features a warrior on horseback killing a dragon with a lance. The similarity of the sign to the original St George logo used by the Launceston brewery Boag’s,…
Robin Hood drawing
This drawing of Robin Hood appeared on page 14 of the Rockhampton, Queensland, newspaper the Morning Bulletin on August 9, 1935. The drawing by Robert Cantle appears in the ‘Children’s Corner’ section of the newspaper and depicts…
The Discovery of Australia: Made in the Fifteenth Century, The Chronicle, 27 March 1897
This short notice in The Chronicle in 1897 informs readers about a paper in which Edward Augustus Petherick, the head of Australian booksellers E.A. Petherick & Co., would argue that Australia was founded in the medieval period. His evidence, the…
Gift of £100 for Lepers, The Sydney Morning Herald, 28 September 1937
This article from the Sydney Morning Herald in 1937 relates the concerns and criticisms of Dr E. H. Molesworth, a lecturer in skin diseases at The University of Sydney, regarding the treatment of leprosy at the Coast Lazaret Hospital in the New South…
House with crenellation, West Launceston, Tasmania
This two-storey Federation-era weatherboard house in the Launceston suburb of West Launceston has a corner tower topped by a crenelated parapet.
‘Allan Wilkie: Henry VIII on Stage’, The Sunday Times, 27 April 1930
This article published in The Sunday Times reviews a production of ‘Henry VIII’ staged at the His Majesty's Theatre in Perth by the Allan Wilkie Company in 1930. Assisted by elaborate scenes and plush costumes it succeeded, according to…
Spirit of Festival: What Lies Behind the Carol, The West Australian, 24 December 1937
This article from The West Australian traces the history of Christmas carols back to the medieval period. It dates their origin to the beginning of the thirteenth century, when Francis of Assisi taught children to dance around a model of the manger…