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Rusland NGV Garrison

Rusland NGV Garrison are a Viking re-enactment group which formed in 1991. They are part of the larger New Varangian Guard group. Rusland recreate the Varangian Guard, the bodyguard of the Byzantine Emperors and their cultural and military lifestyle…

Tags: axe, bodyguard, Byzantium, combat, New Varangian Guard, NGV Garrison, Norse, re-enactment, Rusland, saex, spear, sword, Varangian, viking, website.

Wesleyan Church, Woolloomooloo, NSW

Sketch of the Wesleyan Church, designed by the architect Thomas Rowe, at Woolloomoolo in New South Wales. The church is typical of the gothic revival style with its spire and arched, gothic windows.

Tags: albumen print, architect, architecture, Church, gothic architecture, Gothic building, Gothic Revival, lancet window, lancet windows, neo-Gothic, New South Wales, NSW, sketch, spire, Thomas Rowe, window, windows

The Loving Cup

This work by Dante Gabriel Rossetti, arenowned nineteenth-century painter and member of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, depicts a young woman in a voluminous medieval-looking gown raising a golden cup decorated with a heart shaped design to her lips.…

Tags: art, Arthurian, Arthurian romance, chivalry, cup, Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828-1882), Gouache, ivy, knight, legend, medieval clothing, nostalgia, Pre-Raphaelite, replica, romance, SA, South Australia, Victorian, watercolour

Rognvaldâ€™s Lith: Lismore Medieval Re-enactment Society

Rognvald’s Lith: Lismore Medieval Re-enactment Society is a re-enactment group founded in 2003 and based in Lismore, New South Wales. The group concentrate on the period 700-1200 and such peoples as Anglo-Saxons, Normans, Rus, and Vikings.…

The Second Maquette for the Burghers of Calais

This piece from the Art Gallery of New South Wales collection is one of 12 bronze sculptures cast from a plaster sculpture created by Rodin in 1885. The original ‘Second Maquette for the Burghers of Calais’ from which it was cast is…

Bigoted Bedrock of Our Law

Amidst media fervour over the royal wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton (Princess Catherine), Geoffrey Robertson raises the Australian republican question in this opinion piece. Beginning with reference to Thomas Paineâ€™s denunciation…

â€˜Home-made medieval war machine goes off with a bangâ€™

This online article by Carol Raabus was posted in 2009 on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s Hobart page. It is about local man Doug Pattison and his re-creation of siege engines. He has built a trebuchet, first used in the twelfth…

Tags: ABC, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, ballista, Carol Raabus, counterweight trebuchet, crossbow, Doug Pattison, Hobart, performance, re-creation, siege, siege engine, Tas, Tasmania, trebuchet, war, website.

History Alive: A Journey Through Time

History Alive: A Journey Through Time is a re-enactment weekend event held by The Queensland Living History Federation (QLHF). The event is held at Fort Lytton National Park and features re-enactment groups covering the period from the Roman Empire…

Tags: Brisbane, carnival, dance, event, Fort Lytton National Park, History Alive, living history, Lytton, market, Qld, QLHF, Queensland, Queensland Living History Federation, re-enactment, tournament

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