Showing posts with label family. Show all posts
Showing posts with label family. Show all posts
Thursday, 19 April 2018
Tuesday, 1 November 2016
Friday, 13 May 2016
Sunday, 1 November 2015
Sunday, 1 July 2012
Monday, 14 May 2012
A Group Member's Video.
My thanks to my good Friend Mopoke for this video, I love it. This is what I did with my own boys all those years ago. What better video to promote 18th century Living History and show what we are about.
Saturday, 17 December 2011
Thursday, 7 April 2011
The Survival Connection. Children.
The Survival Connection. Children.
Our 18th century living history group is very family oriented. In our group anyone can learn anything, regardless of their persona, & women can wear the same clothing as the men wear. The same goes for children. There are many advantages for children to be a part of a living history group. They can see & learn first hand what a past lifestyle was actually like, something they will not learn from history books. They get to participate in activities with their parent/s, & that is something sadly lacking these days. They will learn survival skills through play, which means that they will have fun participating & not see it as a lesson or a chore. IF a survival situation should ever arise, these children will be prepared & will not be scared or panicked; it will just be another activity or historical trek.
This is very important. Children can be a drain on your concentration & energy, how many children when told to stop actually stop? How many children run when they are told to run, no questions asked? How many children will come when you say “come here quickly”? I was very aware of this problem when raising my own three sons, & I made a point of explaining to them at an early age just how important it was to obey such requests without question, but I also taught them to use their own brain in such situations.
Children can learn how to throw a tomahawk from about the age of 4 or 5 depending on their manner & intelligence. Children soak up knowledge from an early age, even if at times they do not appear to be paying attention. The trick is to make it interesting, make it fun. Parents can help this process by reading interesting & exciting books & stories to their children. Children also love teaching & showing things to their parents. Some kids are better at some skills than their parents, & it is great for them to share these skills & the knowledge.
Do you find collecting sticks exciting? No probably not, but children do with the right sort of encouragement. This will teach them which wood is best for fire lighting & which is not. It will teach them how to make a smokeless fire. You may take this skill for granted, but you had to learn it somewhere.
Traditional Children’s Games:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_traditional_children's_games
Children can learn how to throw a tomahawk from about the age of 4 or 5 depending on their manner & intelligence. Children soak up knowledge from an early age, even if at times they do not appear to be paying attention. The trick is to make it interesting, make it fun. Parents can help this process by reading interesting & exciting books & stories to their children. Children also love teaching & showing things to their parents. Some kids are better at some skills than their parents, & it is great for them to share these skills & the knowledge.
Note the knife & the tomahawk helve by his left hand. My boys were throwing the tomahawk proficiently by the age of 5 years.
Children need to know that they count; it is no good going all out on getting all the right clothing & equipment for yourself, & “making do” for your kids. In the 18th century the children wore exactly the same style of clothing as the parents wore, & that is how it should be, unless the child has objections. If your child is taught properly how to use certain tools, then there is no reason why he or she should not be trusted to use those tools safely. Accidents will happen, you have made enough mistakes yourself to know that, but we learn from our mistakes.
Games we organise for children include: Constructing primitive shelters, making simple wooden tools & then showing us how they are used. Prisoner’s base is a popular one as is hide & seek. Blind man’s bluff & sneaking up on someone without them hearing you are games that teach them to listen & pay attention to what is going on about them. Foraging is turned into a game when they have to find certain items such as edible plants & plant tinders. This can be a competition to see who can find something first, or who can find the most. But it must be “healthy” competition & is best done in teams, two or three children to a team. Follow the leader is another good one if fashioned to suit our needs.
Traditional Children’s Games:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_traditional_children's_games
Each of my sons had a tomahawk like this one when very young.
Shown in comparison with my own tomahawk.
My boys learnt to shoot with this .32 flintlock rifle when very young. It was made for my boys & is shorter than the average rifle, but they still needed a forked stick to rest it in at first because of the weight of the barrel.
Tuesday, 3 March 2009
THE SOUTHERN CROSS FREE TRAPPERS of Victoria.
The Southern Cross Free Trappers are a pre 1840ad Living History group based in Victoria. They hold regular meetings and muzzle-loading shoots and attend RENDEZVOUS. You can choose any period lifestyle you wish to re-enact, and any charracter/persona from that period that you may wish to emulate. Pre 1840 living history is a lot of fun, and the Souther Cross Free Trappers are very family oriented. If you Live in Victoria or close by, and think you may be interested, contact the Southern Cross Free Trappers and arrange a visit to see for yourself who they are, and what it is they do. These chaps are a really friendly bunch and will be glad to show you around and help get you started in this great activity.
You will find the Southern Cross Free Trappers contact icon on this Blog. Just click on it to go to their main page.
Tuesday, 4 November 2008
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.
· 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.
Monday, 7 July 2008
Armidale Survival Group New England NSW
As part of our group activities we have added a sub group, a survival group. This will cover primitive wilderness survival, and survival at home in a community crisis. We already cover wilderness survival skills, clothing, foods and equipment in our present activities, this sub group will hopefully appeal to survivalists who know nothing of Historical Trekking. Both groups are contactable through this site.
Regards, Keith.
Regards, Keith.
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