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Australian Morris Ring

Australian Morris Ring is an organisation that represents Australian Morris dancers. It represents ‘sides’, or Morris dancing teams, in all Australian states and territories except the Northern Territory. The groups perform the Cotswold,…

Investiture, Royal visit of Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh, 1963, Government House, Sydney.

This photograph from 1963 shows Queen Elizabeth II, accompanied by the Duke of Edinburgh and other dignatories, knighting someone at Government House in Sydney. The photograph depicts the action of 'dubbing', a light blow with the flat side of the…

Tags: ceremony, coat of arms, dubbing, Duke, Duke of Edinburgh, Elizabeth, investiture, knighthood, New Coat of Arms, New South Wales, NSW, Queen Elizabeth II, sword, Sydney

Awl Leather: Medieval Shoes

Awl Leather is a company started by craftsman Bruce Erskine in 1991 and based in the New South Wales town of Bellingen that creates leather goods. Amongst their collection are a number of medieval shoes, some of which are based on actual medieval…

Tags: archaeology, Awl Leather, Bellingen, Bruce Erskine, Coppergate, craftsmen, England, leather-work, New South Wales, NSW, re-enactment, retail, shoes, viking, York

Medieval â€˜Coppergateâ€™ Shoes

Awl Leather, established in 1991, is a manufacturer of footwear, bags, belts and other leather accessories. They are also saddlers. This online catalogue features a selection of medieval style shoes, including several â€˜Coppergateâ€™,…

Tags: Awl Leather, bags, belts, coppergate shoes, leather, leather goods, medieval clothing, medieval footwear, saddlers, Saxon shoes, shoes, Viking shoes, York

In Springtime (Im Fruhling)

This work by Swiss-born artist Arnold BÃ¶cklin was acquired by the National Gallery of Victoria with funds from the Felton Bequest in 1977. The painting depicts two beautiful â€˜otherworldlyâ€™ female figures in flowing, colourful dresses…

Balingup Medieval Carnivale, 2012

This website tells you everything you need to know about the Balingup Medieval Carnivale for 2012. The event lasts from the 25th to 26th of August and is held in the beautiful town of Balingup in Western Australia's South-West.

Tags: Balingup, Balingup Medieval Carnivale, banner, camouflage, carnival, carnivale, fair, fayre, festival, recreation, Shire of Donnybrook-Balingup, South-West WA, WA, Western Australia

A Voyage to Botany Bay, With a Description of the Country, Manners, Customs, Religion &c. of the Natives.

â€˜On page 9 of this text, an attempted theft of the diamonds of the Order of the Garter is detailed: On forming a connection with one Lowe, which was but a short time previous to that evening of the month of January, which is observed as the…

Tasmanian Gothic: artwork by Elizabeth Barsham

Tasmanian Gothic is the website for Tasmanian artist Elizabeth Barsham (formerly E.M. Christensen). Her work is inspired by such things as medieval tapestries and the Renaissance artists Pieter Bruegel and Albrecht DÃ¼rer (according to the…

Tags: Albrecht DÃ¼rer, art, artwork, E.M. Christensen, Elizabeth Barsham, Gothic, painting, Pieter Bruegel, Renaissance, tapestry, Tas, Tasmania, Tasmanian Gothic, website

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