Press Clippings

This is where we get meta. Rather then what we’ve written, this is what others have written about us. Clippings are arranged by date, where it’s possible, then alphabetically by the name of the paper or magazine, unless it doesn’t make sense to do it that way. I’ll try to summarise the article or at least explain what it is or where it came from.

Just sit back, relax and enjoy as the press misinterprets, misunderstands or just makes a mess of what we told them.

There’s some TV footage on my YouTube channel, Australian Reenactment – the early years for when you’re done here.


1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989
1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999

1983

Womans Weekly February 1983
Illustrated 2pp colour illustrated article by Julian Radon on AMMAS, featuring general information on the group and mention of the double Harris wedding.
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Good Weekend June 18, 1983
2pp feature on the Tin Soldier Wargames Convention at UTS. Opens with Robert Prior from Birrong Wargames Association, but then goes on to discuss James Adams move into reenactment and the size of my enormous table.
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Unknown Late 1983
Article on the Medieval Vacation Day at Glossodia Sports and Recreation Centre in early summer. The equipment appears to be that owned by Looking Back, Antony Fowler is pictured
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1987

Daily Telegraph 19 January 1987, p3
Medieval day at the Festival of Sydney. Hosted by 1066, The Pike and Musket Society and Wolfshead (with ferrets) are also mentioned.
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People Magazine 1987
2pp illustrated spread on Phil Barnes’ armouring. No idea on the specific date, even the year is just an estimate. I couldn’t get the two pages to fit together in the same file, so here’s the download in two parts.
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