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18TH CENTURY LIVING HISTORY IN AUSTRALIA.

Monday 3 November 2008

Public Advertisement For The Promotion Of Living History Australia Wide

AUSTRALIA WIDE LIST OF LIVING HISTORY & RE-ENACTMENT GROUPS, CLUBS & ORGANISATIONS.

· The Australian Register Of Living History Organizations (ARLHO).
http://www.arlho.net/
· Queensland Living History Federation (QLHF) http://www.qlhf.org.au/
PO Box 10692 Adelaide Street Brisbane QLD 4002 Email: qlhf@qlhf.org.au
· Australian Living History Federation (ALHF). alhf@iinet.net.au routier@tig.com.au http://www.alhf.org/alhf.nsf/pages/Links
· New England Colonial Living History Group. Contact: Keith Burgess. Post: MSF 2007, Armidale 2350.Phone: 02 67 755 292. Email: historicaltrekker@gmail.com. Web site: http://woodsrunnersdiary.blogspot.com (Early to mid 18th century historical trekking & camping & other living history activities).
· Southern Cross Free Trappers. www.freetrappers.vfowler.com http://freetrappers.vfowler.com/ (18th & 19th century living history)
· New England Medieval Arts Society (NEMAS). http://users.tpg.com.au/gpost/index.htm
· The Banner of Tripoli. http://au.geocities.com/banneroftripoli/ (Medieval re-enactment 1150ad-1250ad)
· The Company of The Phoenix. http://www.phoenixcompany.org.au/ (1377-1453ad. Re-enactment ).
· Knights Order Of Lion Rampant. Email: enquiries@lionrampant.com.au PO Box 207, Lutwyche Q 4030. Phone: 04 3225 1176
· The New Varangian Guard. http://nvg.org.au/ (Late 11thc.-Late 12th century Medieval re-enactment).
· The Pike & Musket Society. http://www.theroutiers.org/ The Pike & Musket Society c/o The Secretary PO Box 3009 Blaxland East NSW 2774 AUSTRALIA
(17th century re-enactment group)
· Living History Worldwide. A worldwide living history forum covering a wide variety of periods. http://www.livinghistoryworldwide.com/

Living History & Historical Re-enactment Groups.
What we are & what we do.

Participating in living history is a way of experiencing a past lifestyle. Living history is about re-enacting a past lifestyle. You can choose your period, and a character you wish to emulate in that period. You wear the period clothes, and use the period equipment to accomplish period tasks. This can be anything from Historical Trekking & camping (which includes a wide variety of period & primitive skills),to other living history activities such as flint & steel fire lighting, open fire cooking, finger weaving, loom weaving, tomahawk throwing, & many other period living skills.

Historical Trekking is trekking in period style. You wear period clothing, and you carry and use period equipment. Historical Trekking can cover any period, but mostly to date, it is 18th century only in Australia.

Historical Re-enactment is mostly of a military nature and includes battle re-enactments and the lifestyle that revolves around those battles.

All of the above activities tend to be family oriented, and can include a wide variety of interests, crafts and skills.
If you were looking for an activity that the whole family can get involved in, together, then one of the above would be a good choice.

Written to bring Living History & Historical Re-enactment to the attention of the general public Australia wide. Copyright Keith H. Burgess.

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