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Laurie Payne & Tony Hughes in Costume for Camelot

In this black and white photograph from the Laurie Payne Collection of Theatrical Photographs (held by the National Library of Australia), actors Laurie Payne and Tony Hughes in their costumes for the musical Camelot are pictured with an unnamed man…

â€˜Gale rejects Lethalâ€™s â€˜serfsâ€™ claimâ€™ online article

An online article on June 25 reporting comments made by Brendon Gale, Chief Executive of the AFL club Richmond on air at Melbourne radio station 3AW. He was responding to earlier comments by AFL commentator Leigh Matthews that pay claims of …

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SMH Thurs 19 July 1945 Welcome Banquet in London Guildhall for Australian Sailors

SMH 1945 Thurs 19 July Aus Troops Guildhall.pdf

At the end of World War II, Australian sailors of the vessel HMAS AUSTRALIA are depicted as heroic warriors (young and bronzed) who are privileged to march the medieval streets of Old London to dine and mingle with the Admiralty in the bombed London…

St Hubertâ€™s Vineyard, Coldstream, Victoria

St Hubertâ€™s vineyard in Coldstream, Victoria, was founded by Hubert de Castella in 1862. It is named after St Hubert, the â€˜Apostle of Ardennesâ€™ and patron saint of hunters. Born c.656, Hubert was the eldest son of Bertrand, Duke…

Tags: Antlers, Austrasia, Coldstream, cross, emblem, Franks, Hubert de Castella, hunters, Neustria, patron saint, Pepin of Heristal, saint, St Hubert, stag, symbolism, Vic, Victoria, vineyard, vision, winery, Yarra Valley

St George Bank

St George Bank was formed in Sydney, New South Wales, in 1937 and is now a subsidiary of Westpac Banking Corporation. Despite its name, the logo of the bank fails to depict St George himself, but instead has a stylised head of a fire-breathing…

Tags: bank, Crusade, dragon, logo, New South Wales, NSW, St George, St George Bank, Sydney, Westpac.

The Kingdom of Lochac

The Kingdom of Lochac is the name used by members of the Society for Creative Anachronism (SCA) for a fictional kingdom comprising Australia, New Zealand and their Antarctic territories. Lochac is one of nineteen kingdoms worldwide. Australia itself…

Tags: Archery, calligraphy, cooking, costume, dance, heraldry, illumination, Kingdom of Lochac, Lochac, martial arts, metalwork, music, re-creation, re-enactment, SCA, Society for Creative Anachronism

Guide to the Lohac Guilds

A list of the Guilds which the members of the Lochac Region (within the Society for Creative Anachronism) can join. Some of the Guilds include: Brewers, Vintners and Imbibers Guild Broiderers Guild Lohac Cooks' Guild Royal Guild of…

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Journal of Arthur Bowes Smyth, March 22, 1787- August 8, 1790: Part 287.

A drawing of a heraldic shield redolent of medieval manuscript annotation found on the second last page of the Journal of Arthur Bowes Smyth. Smyth (1750-1790) was the surgeon responsible for the women convicts on the Lady Penrhyn in the First Fleet,…

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