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Kylie (Mrs Nugget?) I find that coming up with good questions is as hard as finding the answers.
Kylie (Mrs Nugget?) I find that coming up with good questions is as hard as finding the answers.
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Which television sports media personality is known as "the male model from Mudgee"?
Ken Sutcliffe (born 15 November 1947) is a popular sporting television personality, born in Oberon, New South Wales but lived most of his growing up days in Mudgee. Also known as the "Male Model from Mudgee" and "Ken Withsport"
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Bit of a Mudgee icon Ken. Still has family here.
Bit of a Mudgee icon Ken. Still has family here.
On 28 June 1880 what was dispatched from melbourne to assist in the capture of ned kelly
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2 special trains with police reinforcements & reporters
not what im after ill give you a hint it had two wheels and makes a loud noise
A top fuel drag bike
Sorry I couldn't resist that one
Sorry I couldn't resist that one
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well done willo
On 28 June 1880, a further artillery detachment
complete with a 12 pounder field gun, was
dispatched from Melbourne by train to take part
in the seige at the Glenrowan Inn. Such a gun
would have reduced the hotel to splinters in
minutes. But the seige ended early when Ned
Kelly, clad in armour, exchanged shots with
police and the hotel was set on fire--while the
artillerymen camped impatiently at Seymour.
your turn
well done willo
On 28 June 1880, a further artillery detachment
complete with a 12 pounder field gun, was
dispatched from Melbourne by train to take part
in the seige at the Glenrowan Inn. Such a gun
would have reduced the hotel to splinters in
minutes. But the seige ended early when Ned
Kelly, clad in armour, exchanged shots with
police and the hotel was set on fire--while the
artillerymen camped impatiently at Seymour.
your turn
Willo
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In 1910 Australia received its first shipments of coins starting off with sterling silver 3d, 6d, 1 S and Florins. Half pennies and pennies followed in 1911. Unlike England, Australia decided not to mint a half crown. What was the reason why?
Willo
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headbut
Paul
Apparently the halfcrown was an unpopular denomination in
some parts of Australia.
The (Australia) Coinage Act of 1909 didn't mention half crowns.
The idea was to eventually convert to a decimal system and
half crowns would not fit in.
some parts of Australia.
The (Australia) Coinage Act of 1909 didn't mention half crowns.
The idea was to eventually convert to a decimal system and
half crowns would not fit in.
Willo
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Headbut correct.
Sir John Forrest (Swan) (Treasurer) . - If the Committee desires to include the half-crown I have no objection. Unless there is a direction to the contrary it is not the intention of the Government to mint that coin at present. But if the Committee thinks that the Government should have the power to do so the matter is altogether in its hands, and the Government will not oppose a proposal to that effect. This is the first step to the adoption of decimal coinage, and I am inclined to think if we believe in that system we ought not to legislate in an adverse direction.
Your turn, well done.
Sir John Forrest (Swan) (Treasurer) . - If the Committee desires to include the half-crown I have no objection. Unless there is a direction to the contrary it is not the intention of the Government to mint that coin at present. But if the Committee thinks that the Government should have the power to do so the matter is altogether in its hands, and the Government will not oppose a proposal to that effect. This is the first step to the adoption of decimal coinage, and I am inclined to think if we believe in that system we ought not to legislate in an adverse direction.
Your turn, well done.
headbut
Paul
Thanks Willo
My question is: In 1947 , the French government handed back an important piece of Australian History, what was it ?
My question is: In 1947 , the French government handed back an important piece of Australian History, what was it ?
A pewter plate left at Cape Inscription by the Dutch explorer Willem de Vlamingh?
In 1772 Captain Alesne de Saint Allouran landed on Dirk Hartog Island in Shark Bay and claimed it in the name of the King of France. To validate Frances claim he buried a parchment and two French coins in a bottle that were discovered in 1998.
In 1801 Captain Hamelin on the Naturalist, a ship from a French expedition led by Nicholas Baudin, entered Shark Bay and a party was sent ashore. By chance the party found the Vlamingh memorial of Dirk Hartogs previous visit, though the plate was almost buried in the sand. When the party returned the plate to the ship, Hamelin ordered it to be returned, considering it somewhat sacrilegious to have removed it. One of Hamelins officers, Louis de Freycinet, felt that this action was inappropriate and that such a trophy should be taken and returned to Europe.
In 1818 Freycinet returned to Shark Bay, in command of his own vessel, and was able to find the plate still in place at Cape Inscription. He removed the plate and returned it to Europe where it was presented to the French Academy in Paris.
The Vlamingh plate then disappeared for more than a century until it was rediscovered in 1940 on the bottom shelf of a small room of the French Academy mixed up with old copper engraving plates.
The Hartog Plate sets the moment in time when the existence of the speculated south land was realised.
It tells of the early Dutch presence in the Indian Ocean, its trade with Java and the subsequent mapping
and exploration of the Australian west coast and Tasmania.
In 1801 Captain Hamelin on the Naturalist, a ship from a French expedition led by Nicholas Baudin, entered Shark Bay and a party was sent ashore. By chance the party found the Vlamingh memorial of Dirk Hartogs previous visit, though the plate was almost buried in the sand. When the party returned the plate to the ship, Hamelin ordered it to be returned, considering it somewhat sacrilegious to have removed it. One of Hamelins officers, Louis de Freycinet, felt that this action was inappropriate and that such a trophy should be taken and returned to Europe.
In 1818 Freycinet returned to Shark Bay, in command of his own vessel, and was able to find the plate still in place at Cape Inscription. He removed the plate and returned it to Europe where it was presented to the French Academy in Paris.
The Vlamingh plate then disappeared for more than a century until it was rediscovered in 1940 on the bottom shelf of a small room of the French Academy mixed up with old copper engraving plates.
The Hartog Plate sets the moment in time when the existence of the speculated south land was realised.
It tells of the early Dutch presence in the Indian Ocean, its trade with Java and the subsequent mapping
and exploration of the Australian west coast and Tasmania.
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