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Female Servantâ€™s Revolt

This illustration is an early reference to the beginnings of the eight-hour movement. One of the first marches took place in Melbourne in 1856, when the Stonemasons working on the build of the University of Melbourne, marched to Parliament protesting…

Tags: Eight Hour Day, Eight-hour day movement, freedom of labour, labour, labourer, Melbourne, Melbourne 888, Peasants Revolt, revolution, women servants, work, worker, working class

Renaissance Polonaise, Government House, Perth

This poster advertises â€˜Renaissance Polonaiseâ€™, an evening performance of Renaissance and Baroque music by the Polish early music ensemble Floripari. Floripari play period instruments and often also wear period costume. The performance…

Tags: advertising, Baroque, early music, ensemble, festival, Festival of Polish Visual and Performing Arts, Floripari, Government House, instrument, music, Perth, Poland, PolArt, poster, re-creation, Renaissance, Renaissance Polonaise, WA, Western Australia.

Extraordinary Stories Exhibition, Perth

These photographs are of advertising for the Extraordinary Stories exhibition at the Perth branch of the Western Australian Museum. The signs feature a photograph of a queen piece from the twelfth century Isle of Lewis chess set found in modern-day…

Framed coat of arms - General Sir John Monash

Hand drawn and coloured picture of the Monash coat of arms, which has been signed vertically 'R K PEACOCK'. The image shows a blue shield divided horizontally by a gold band. Above the band are five eight pointed gold stars. Beneath the band is a…

"Gargoyles of Melbourne: Quaint and Curious Carvings by John Russell Parry," in The Argus

Gargoyles of Melbourne_The Argus_10 August 1929_p10.pdf

A lengthy illustrated article by John Russell Parry about gargoyles in Melbourne that appeared in the Melbourne newspaper The Argus on August 10, 1929. The article provides the etymology of 'gargoyle', derived from Latin via Old French, and explains…

Tags: carving, gargoyle, gargoyles, Gothic, gothic architecture, John Russell Parry, Latin, Melbourne, Old French, sculptor, sculpture, The Argus, Vic, Victoria

Shakespeare in Adaptation unit

Second and third year undergraduate unit at La Trobe University (Bundoora campus, in Melbourne)coordinated by Chris Palmer. The unit examines four of Shakespeareâ€™s plays, including two film versions of each play. One of the plays set during…

Tags: adaptation, Bundoora, Chris Palmer, drama, film, La Trobe University, MacBeth, Melbourne, Shakespeare, university, Victoria, William Shakespeare

Members of the Renaissance players on the steps of the Gothic Style buildings of the University of Sydney.

This photograph shows members of the musical group The Renaissance Players on the steps of a building in Gothic style at the University of Sydney. The photograph was taken in 1974 by Alex Ozolins for the Australian Information Service. Although…

Druids Procession, Nedlands

This black and white photograph, taken by WA photographer Izzy Orloff in 1924, depicts a horse-drawn float taking part in a Druids procession in Perth in 1924. Being re-enacted on the float, the banner suggests, was the trial of Caractacus before the…

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