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| An Introduction to The Grey Company | Information we give new members. |
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| Photo Gallery | Images and aspects of the club. |
| Sunday Training 2004,2005 | Group Photo from January 2004 and 2005 |
| How to Contact The Grey Company | Snail mail, Phone, and electronic formats available. |
| Information for Fighters | What we give to new fighting members |
| Information for Trainers | Guidelines for training new fighting members |
| Full Combat and Training Handbook | Current Rules for Combat and Training. |
| Constitution | The Club Constitution |
| Bylaws | The Club Bylaws |
| Basic Costume Making 1 | Some Basic Costume Making Hints |
| Basic Costume Making 2 | More Basic Costume Making Hints |
| Tunic and Pants | More Basic Costuming |
| Fabrics and Colors | Information on choosing fabric for costumes |
| The Grey Company Trebuchet Page | Some of us dabble with Siege Engines |
| Our Batavia Page | Read all about the Batavia story (1629). |
| Our Mary Rose Page | Info about the Mary Rose (1545). |
| Pre-fabricated sword blades | Short cuts to sword making.. |
| Some Useful Links | Places we have visited and liked. |
| The AUS/NZ living-history mailing list | A mailing list for like minded people. |
| The Grey Company is a group which puts on displays of historical reenactment. We are based in Perth, which is the capital city of Western Australia. Most of our displays are centered on the so called Dark Ages of European History (600-1100AD). While our displays are primarily of weapons and combat, we are not a martial arts group, concentrating more on entertaining an audience than on the realistic use of weapons. Apart from entertaining, we also try to educate members of the public about life as it really was in days long past. Where possible we are happy to arrange displays for schools where children have the opportunity to see and feel items which they would otherwise only learn about from books. |
Most of the clothing, weapons and armour are made by members of the group. Finding out how to do this involves some of the members of the group in detailed research in areas of history, as well as the practical aspects of actually making items. To help with this we hold regular workshops primarily for the production of clothing and equipment including weapons and armour.
As well as our regular weekly training sessions we also organise social events which include several banquets each year.