Australian Trivia Only
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No haven't been at bowls just busy & kept forgetting, have a problem with facial skin cancers at the moment should of worn a hat when I was younger, wear one now but a little late damage already done, good that kids have to wear hats at school these days.
Shirley & Bruce.
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Swan Lake it was
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Om . Who was the boundary rider who first staked a claim to the silver-lead-zinc deposit at present day Broken Hill and what year?
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Great question. I didn't know the chaps name so googled the answer. What a great read I have had. Very interesting.
I will have to leave it to others now to name this bloke.
I will have to leave it to others now to name this bloke.
Cheers
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Someone give us a good Aussie trivia question.
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OK folks,
Here's a good Aussie question:
A (now deceased) former Liberal then Independent Federal politician (served: 1949-1977) had a direct connection with the Blue Mountains, although they are not in his electorate.
What is the connection?
Bonus point if you can connect him with a well-known Australian poem.
(NOT the one which starts: "The boy stood on the burning deck..."!)
Here's a good Aussie question:
A (now deceased) former Liberal then Independent Federal politician (served: 1949-1977) had a direct connection with the Blue Mountains, although they are not in his electorate.
What is the connection?
Bonus point if you can connect him with a well-known Australian poem.
(NOT the one which starts: "The boy stood on the burning deck..."!)
Regards & God bless,
Ray
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William Charles Wentworth, known as Bill Wentworth his great g'father led the expedition which found the route across the Blue Mountains in 1813.
Poem Australasia?
Poem Australasia?
Shirley & Bruce.
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Shirley,
You have the easy part correct, and no-one has connected him with a poem, so I’ll give it to you.
The poem is “My Country” by Dorothea Mackellar. Bill represented the electorate of Mackellar , named after her father.
Your turn again, Shirley...
You have the easy part correct, and no-one has connected him with a poem, so I’ll give it to you.
The poem is “My Country” by Dorothea Mackellar. Bill represented the electorate of Mackellar , named after her father.
Your turn again, Shirley...
Regards & God bless,
Ray
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"Insufficient data for a meaningful answer."
Isaac Asimov, "The Last Question"
"I refuse to drink water, because of the disgusting things fish do in it"
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Ray
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"Insufficient data for a meaningful answer."
Isaac Asimov, "The Last Question"
"I refuse to drink water, because of the disgusting things fish do in it"
W.C.Fields