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Dragon roof ornament, Lyttleton Street, East Launceston, Tasmania

One of three photographs of domestic roof-top adornments (although the house is now a medical practice) in Lyttleton Street, East Launceston. This one features one of the most popular and enduring images of the medieval period, the winged dragon.…

Tags: architecture, domestic architecture, dragon, dragons, East Launceston, gargoyle, gargoyles, Launceston, Lyttleton Street, ornament, ornamentation, roof, Tas, Tasmania

Sea serpent roof ornament, Lyttleton Street, East Launceston, Tasmania

One of three photographs of domestic roof-top adornments in Lyttleton Street, East Launceston. The ornament on this roof creates a sea serpent effect, with its body coiling along the roof line and its head raised to look over the roof. Also known as…

Cat Roof Ornament, Lyttleton Street, East Launceston, Tasmania

One of three photographs of domestic roof-top adornments in Lyttleton Street, East Launceston. This one features a cat. Situated on the edge of the roof over-looking the street, it is possible that the cat was in part inspired by the gargoyles that…

Tags: architecture, cat, cats, domestic architecture, East Launceston, gargoyle, gargoyles, Launceston, Lyttleton Street, ornament, ornamentation, roof, Tas, Tasmania

Pilgrim Uniting Church, Launceston

One of two photographs of the Pilgrim Uniting Church in Launceston. The church was designed by Melbourne firm Crouch and Wilson and was built in 1866-1868 as a Methodist church. The brick church is in the Gothic style with stucco decorations, arched…

Tags: arched window, arched windows, Crouch and Wilson, Gothic, Launceston, Methodist, Pilgrim Uniting Church, spire, stucco, Tas, Tasmania, tower, traceried window, Uniting Church, window, windows

Kryal Castle, Ballarat

Kryal Castle is a tourist attraction 8km from Ballarat in Victoria. Described as â€˜Australiaâ€™s unique medieval castleâ€™, Kryal Castle can also be hired for weddings, conferences, functions, and special events. It was built in 1972…

Tags: Ballarat, battlements, castle, crenelation, drawbridge, gate, Keith Ryall, Kryal Castle, moat, porticullis, tourism, tower, Vic, Victoria

Viking busker article

The online newspaper article â€˜Border fight spells trouble for viking buskerâ€™ appears in the online version of The Age newspaper, having originally appearing in the Albury, Victoria, newspaper The Border Mail. The article reports on the…

Tags: Albury, busker, horned helmet, Melbourne, performance, re-enactment, reproduction, sword, The Age, The Border Mail, Vic, Victoria, viking

Viking Ship Shop Sign, South Australia

This photograph shows a sign above the Viking Furniture shop in Mount Compass in the Adelaide Hills region of South Australia. The sign depicts a Viking dragon ship, or longship, made of wood, featuring a dragon head and tail, mast, and shields along…

Tags: Adelaide Hills, Artis Zalups, Cape Jervis, dragon, dragon ship, longship, Mount Compass, SA, shield, ship, shop, sign, signage, South Australia, viking, Viking Furniture

New England Medieval Arts Society

The New England Medieval Arts Society (NEMAS) are a historical re-enactment group based in the New South Wales city of Armidale. The group concentrates on the fourth- to eleventh-century early medieval period (sometimes referred to as the â€˜Dark…

Tags: Anglo-Saxon, Armidale, Armidale State Forest, Byzantine, Dark Ages, early medieval, longhouse, NEMAS, New England, New England Medieval Arts Society, New South Wales, Norman, NSW, re-enactment, viking

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