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Interior, St Patrickâ€™s Cathedral, Melbourne

Two interior photographs of St Patrick’s Cathedral in Melbourne. Features include stained glass windows, including the Great Window installed in 1867 (photograph 3), a vaulted ribbed ceiling, window tracery, and internal arches featuring…

Tags: Cathedral, Catholic, Church, Gothic, Gothic Revival, lancet windows, Melbourne, sculpture, St Patrickâ€™s Cathedral, stained glass, tracery, vaulted ceiling, Vic, Victoria.

International Medievalism and Popular Culture

A pdf of the poster and programme cover of the International Medievalism and Popular Culture Symposium held at the University of Western Australia on December 4 and 5, 2011. The symposium featured sixteen delegates from Australia, Puerto Rico, the…

Tags: advertising, Brett Hirsch, Bust of Charlemagne, Centre for Medieval and Early Modern Studies, Charlemagne, Perth, poster, reliquary, symposium, teaching, The University of Western Australia, UWA, WA, Western Australia

Interview with Bernard Shaw, playwright. Miracle plays of medieval church as influences.

SMH 1920 Sat 15 May Bernard Shaw Miracle Play Medieval.pdf

Edith M. Fry interviews Bernard Shaw about his dramatic philosophy. Shaw claims that tragedy and comedy are intertwined. He delivers a short history of the theatre from Greek to modern times. He models his lack of scenery changes on stage from the…

Tags: Bernard Shaw, drama, Edith M. Fry, medieval church passion play, medieval mystery plays, medieval stage influence on Shawâ€™s drama, Miracle plays, Oberammergau Passion play, origins of modern theatre, play, plays, theatre, tragedy and comedy in theatre

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…

Interview with Prince Leonard, George Negus Tonight, New People Dimensions, â€˜Episode 11: Prince Leonardâ€™, 16/4/2003.

In this transcript from episode 11 of the ABCâ€™s George Negus Tonight: New People Dimensions series, reporter Brendan Hutchens interviews Prince Leonard I of what was the Hutt River Province Principality (now the Principality of Hutt River). In…

Tags: 'Prince Leonard', â€˜H.R.H Prince Leonard Iâ€™, â€˜Hutt River Provinceâ€™, â€˜knighting ceremonyâ€™, â€˜Principality of Hutt Riverâ€™, â€˜Royal Orderâ€™, heraldry, knight, knighthood, regalia, sword

Investiture at Buckingham Palace Australian Officer

His Majesty, King George V, bestowing the Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) award upon an Australian ofï¬cer at an investiture held at Buckingham Palace.

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

Irish National Foresters Float at the Saint Patrick's Day Parade, Sydney, ca. 1930

An image depicting members of the Irish National Foresters Friendly Society on board a float in a Saint Patrick's Day procession in Sydney, ca 1930. About the Society: The Irish National Foresters Organisation/Friendly Society is a mutual aid…

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