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Balingup 2012 film

This 11 minute film on YouTube shows highlights of the 2012 Balingup Medieval Carnivale held in the town of Balingup in the south-west of Western Australia on August 25-26. The film was made by Michael Cheffins for ZigZagCommunityArts Inc., and the…

Awl Leather: Medieval Shoes

Awl Leather is a company started by craftsman Bruce Erskine in 1991 and based in the New South Wales town of Bellingen that creates leather goods. Amongst their collection are a number of medieval shoes, some of which are based on actual medieval…

Tags: archaeology, Awl Leather, Bellingen, Bruce Erskine, Coppergate, craftsmen, England, leather-work, New South Wales, NSW, re-enactment, retail, shoes, viking, York

Australian Mutual Provident Society building, Launceston, Tasmania

This Australian Mutual Provident Society building is in the centre of the Tasmanian city of Launceston. It was designed by local architects Lesley Gordon Corrie (1859-1918) and Alexander North (1858-1945) and built by J. and T. Gunn. It opened in…

Tags: Alexander North, Australian Mutual Provident Society, column, Florence, Florentine Romanesque, frieze, J. and T. Gunn, Launceston, Launceston Examiner, lead lighting, Lesley Gordon Corrie, newspaper, Romanesque, Romanesque Revival, semi-circular arch, Tas, Tasmania.

Australian Morris Ring

Australian Morris Ring is an organisation that represents Australian Morris dancers. It represents ‘sides’, or Morris dancing teams, in all Australian states and territories except the Northern Territory. The groups perform the Cotswold,…

Australian Infantrymen in Lord Mayor's Procession, London

Australian infantrymen taking part in the Lord Mayor's Procession march past Buckingham Palace, where King George V was taking the salute. The Lord Mayor's Procession began in 1215, when the citizens of London were allowed to elect a mayor for the…

Australian Early Medieval Association practical session

Image of some delegates of the 2010 conference of the Australian Early Medieval Association (AEMA) held at The University of Western Australia visiting a re-creation Viking ship built by Royce Carrig of Perth. AEMA conferences commonly include at…

Australasian Steam Navigation Co building, Sydney.

The Australasian Steam Navigation Company building is one of the landmark buildings in The Rocks tourist precinct in Sydney. The building functioned as an office and warehouse for the company and was designed by William Wardell. It opened in 1884 and…

Tags: Anglo-Dutch, Anglo-Dutch style, Australasian Steam Navigation Co, New South Wales, NSW, office, spire, square tower, Sydney, The Rocks, tower, warehouse, William Wardell

Auld Kirk, Sidmouth, Tasmania

The West Tamar Presbyterian Church, commonly referred to as the Auld Kirk (Scots for old church), is located on the banks of the Tamar River in the small Tasmanian town of Sidmouth. Construction of the church began in 1843 with the support of the…

Tags: Auld Kirk, bellcote, convict, Gothic, Gothic Revival, James Reid, lancet window, Old Norse, pointed arch, Presbyterian, Reverend Alexander McKenzie, Reverend James Garrett, Scots, Sidmouth, Tas, Tasmania, viking, West Tamar Presbyterian Church.

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