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"Jokes in Stone", in The Sydney Morning Herald

SMH 1954 Frid 9 July Univ Q'land Gargoyles Stone.pdf

Newspaper article regarding a carving by the sculptor Thomas Muller. The carving is said to bear a resemblance to the economist Colin Clark. By carving the gargoyle-like creature in the image of a public figure, the journalist argues that Muller has…

Tags: Colin Clark, gargoyle, gargoyles, jest, jesting, medieval sculpture, mummer, mummery, Queensland, sculpture, stone carving, stone mason, stone masonry, Theodore Muller, University of QLD, University of Queensland

Rose Window, Winthrop Hall, the University of Western Australia

A view of the large rose window on the eastern wall of Winthrop Hall at The University of Western Australia. Inside the hall, the rose window is a focal point above the dais. Rose windows were popular decorative features of Romanesque and especially…

Federated Municipal Employees Marching in Trade Union Parade

Federated Municipal Employees depicted with a FME banner drawn by four horses at a trade union parade in Ballarat, 1920. Some historians consider trade unions to be the successors of medieval guilds. For information regarding the Federated Municipal…

St. Patrick's Day Procession led by men carrying a banner, Mt. Morgan, ca. 1917

Photograph depicting a 1917 St. Patrick's Day procession with men carrying a St. Patrick's Day banner bearing a medieval-style design.

Tags: banner, banners, float, floats, Irish culture, Mt. Morgan, national identity, parade, parades, procession, processions, Queensland, Saint Patrick, St. Patrick, St. Patrick's Day Procession

Ancient Order of Foresters Hall, Digby, Victoria.

Link to photograph taken at the opening of the Ancient Order of Foresters Hall at Digby, Victoria in September 1873. The link also provides extracts from the Hamilton Spectator regarding the establishment of the Hall. About the Ancient Order of…

Tags: Ancient Order of Foresters, court, courts, Digby, Foresters, Foresters Friendly Society, friendly societies, friendly society, hall, Hamilton Spectator, Victoria

Friendly Society Picnic March at Belair National Park

Men, women, and children marching with Ancient Order of Foresters banners prior to arriving at the Belair National Park. About the Ancient Order of Foresters: The Ancient Order of Foresters originated in England in the mid-eighteenth century, with…

Tags: Ancient Order of Foresters, banner, banners, Belair, Foresters, Foresters Friendly Society, friendly societies, friendly society, procession, processions, SA, South Australia

Eight Hours Demonstration

Wood Engraving by Frederick Grosse (1866) depicting the 1866 procession which started at the Trades Hall, Carlton and finished at the North Botanical Gardens, celebrating the 10th anniversary of the eight hours movement.

Tags: banner, banners, demonstration, eight hour working day, eight hours, eight hours demonstration, eight hours movement, float, floats, labour, Labour Day, Melbourne, nineteenth century, nineteenth-century, procession, processions, Trades Hall, working class

To Hold the Bridal Veil

In these pages, the latest fashion advice from London regarding bridal headgear is relayed. The article begins by informing readers that wealthy English brides were wearing diamond tiaras on their wedding days. However, it surmises, it was unlikely…

Tags: Bandeau, bridal fashion, coronet, fashion, hair, hairstyle, head-dress, medieval dress, medieval fashion, medieval head-dress, medieval queen, medieval style, medieval vogue, pearl, queen, Riche of Hay-Hill, tiara, vogue

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