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Torture Display at Kryal Castle

An image taken at the Kryal Castle model Medieval Torture display. This mannequin is being tortured using a rat in a cage, an effective form of capital punishment used in the Middle Ages.

About Kryal Castle:

Located 8km from Ballarat in…

Tags: Ballarat, barbarism, battlements, cage, capital punishment, castle, cruelty, entertainment, functions, Keith Ryall, Kryal Castle, leisure, Melbourne, punishment, rat, re-creation, recreation, torture, tourism, tower, Vic, Victoria

Interview with H.R.H Prince Leonard I, from Mick Joffeâ€™s Endangered Characters of Australia

An interview and caricature of H.R.H. Prince Leonard I of Hutt River wearing his royal regalia, by Australian caricaturist Mick Joffe. The Principality of Hutt River is located 595km north of Perth in Western Australia. It comprises an area of…

The Last Viking

The childrenâ€™s picture book â€˜The Last Vikingâ€™ by Australian authors Norman Jorgensen and James Foley (illustrator) published by the Western Australian publisher Fremantle Press. The story is about a boy who connects with his inner…

Tags: child, children, Childrenâ€™s literature, fiction, Fremantle Press, illustration, James Foley, juvenile, literature, Norman Jorgensen, picture book, viking, WA, Western Australia, young adult

The Last Viking teaching blog

A blog for the childrenâ€™s picture book â€˜The Last Vikingâ€™ by Australian authors Norman Jorgensen and James Foley (illustrator) published by the Western Australian publisher Fremantle Press. The story is about a boy who connects…

St. Andrew's Cathedral, Sydney, ca. 1895

A photograph of St Andrewâ€™s Cathedral in Sydney dating from c.1895. St Andrewâ€™s functions as the seat of the Anglican Archbishop of Sydney and is the oldest cathedral in Australia. Construction of the cathedral was completed in 1868,…

Commoners Invoked Magna Carta

In this article rebutting criticisms levelled at the Australian Government for its decision to purchase an inspeximus copy (1297) of Magna Carta in 1952, the author begins by reminding readers that the important medieval document would be placed on…

The "India" Small Pox Scare

India Small Pox Scare_West Australian Sunday Times_11 March 1900_p2.pdf

In this letter to the editor of the West Australian Sunday Times in March 1900, the correspondent â€œB. Knightedâ€ complains about quarantine practices that required doctors who boarded ships docked at Albany to quarantine patients suffering…

Tags: Albany, disease, doctor, medieval medical practices, medieval regulations, quarantine, S.S. India, ship, small pox, smallpox

Knightqueste Myspace Profile

A hyperlink to the Myspace music profile for Australian metal band, Knightqueste. Based in Wollongong, New South Wales, Knightqueste have utilised elements of a typically 'masculinised' medieval past. In particular, there is a strong focus on…

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