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Irish National Foresters' Regalia

The Irish National Foresters Organisation is a mutual aid society, which was established to help members in distress and the relatives of members who are deceased. It began in 1877 as a breakaway from the Order of Foresters, which was originally set…

Tags: clover, fraternities, fraternity, friendly societies, friendly society, Ireland, Irish, Irish National Foresters Organisation, nationalism, nationalist, regalia, sash

Ironfest

Billed as ‘An Arts Festival with a Metal Edge’ Ironfest is an annual festival held in the New South Wales city of Lithgow. The festival involves artists and blacksmith working with metal, as well as historical re-enactors, musicians, and…

Tags: Armour, arts festival, blacksmith, costume, festival, helmet, jousting, Kingdom of Ironfest, knight, Lithgow, living history, New South Wales, NSW, performance, plate armour, re-enactment, replica, shield, sword, website.

Jack and the Beanstalk house window, East Devonport

One of three photographs of a house in East Devonport built in the Gothic Revival architectural style. Gothic features of the house include the arched windows and steeped pitch of the roof. This photograph shows one of the gothic-style windows, which…

Tags: arched window, architecture, domestic, domestic architecture, East Devonport, folktale, Gothic, Gothic Revival, home, house, household, Jack and the Beanstalk, residence, residential, Tas, Tasmania

Jack and the Beanstalk House, East Devonport

One of three photographs of a house in East Devonport built in the Gothic Revival architectural style. Gothic features of the house include the arched windows and steeped pitch of the roof. Gothic architecture was the dominant style in much of Europe…

Tags: arch, arched windows, architecture, domestic, domestic architecture, East Devonport, folk, folktale, Gothic, Gothic Revival, Jack and the Beanstalk, Tas, Tasmania

Jack and the Beanstalk, East Devonport

One of three photographs of a house in East Devonport built in the Gothic Revival architectural style. Gothic features of the house include the arched windows and steeped pitch of the roof. This photograph shows a boy, presumably Jack, climbing a…

Tags: arched windows, architecture, domestic, domestic architecture, East Devonport, fairy tale, fairy-tale, folklore, folktale, Gothic, Gothic Revival, Jack and the Beanstalk, Tas, Tasmania

James Boagâ€™s Draught

This billboard in Launceston advertises James Boagâ€™s Draught beer. The logo for the beer features an armoured knight wearing a helmet and thrusting downwards with a spear. Behind him lies a dragon. The inclusion of a dragon suggests that the…

Tags: Ad, Advert, advertisement, alcohol, Armour, Beer, billboard, Boagâ€™s Brewery, dragon, helmet, James Boag, James Boagâ€™s Draught, knight, label, Launceston, logo, spear, St George, Tas, Tasmania.

James Boagâ€™s St George beer

The Launceston, Tasmania, brewing company James Boag has a ‘St George’ beer. The bottle’s label features St George on a horse and carrying a sword trampling a dragon underfoot. This was one of the original logos of the brewery and…

Tags: alcohol, Beer, Boagâ€™s Brewery, Crusade, dragon, James Boagâ€™s, label, Launceston, logo, St George, sword, Tas, Tasmania.

Jeanne dâ€™Arc, State Library of Victoria, Melbourne.

Image of the Jeanne d’Arc bronze statue at the State Library of Victoria in Melbourne. The statue is the work of French sculptor Emmanuel Frémiet, and is a cast of the 1899 version of his Jeanne d’Arc which stands in the Place…

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