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A Taste of the Medieval
Image Three of three. This photograph was taken at the UWA Extension event ‘A Taste of the Medieval’, presented by Dr Margaret Dorey. The event commenced with a lecture on food in fourteenth and fifteenth century England, ending an…
A View of Saint Patrick's Catholic Church, York, Western Australia
An image of St. Patrick's Catholic Church, located on South Street in York, a settlement ninety minutes south-east of Perth in Western Australia.
The Church's foundation stone was laid on St. Patrick's Day in 1875, with the building being…
The Church's foundation stone was laid on St. Patrick's Day in 1875, with the building being…
A Viking Drinking Cup
An article on page 7 of the Grafton, New South Wales newspaper, The Clarence and Richmond Examiner on December 19, 1903. The article reports the discovery of a Viking burial on the island of Unst in the Shetland Islands, Scotland. Along with human,…
A Viking Funeral Ship
An article on page 2 of the Launceston newspaper the Examiner on September 2, 1908. The anonymous public interest article reports on the recent excavation of the Oseberg ship in Norway. The article describes the ninth-century burial ship, found under…
A Viking's Sword
A highly romanticised article on page 46 of the Brisbane newspaper The Queenslander on 17 May, 1934. The article reports on a male Viking warrior grave uncovered in Sweden. Among the various grave-goods found was a sword made in England. This leads…