Australian Trivia Only

[Greynomad]

New trivia question:

In 1837, Col William Light named the Barossa Valley.

What’s wrong with that?

[Shirley]

Certainly died at a young age 53yrs in 1839, he first named the area in 1837 after his friend Lord Lynedoch & named the Barossa Range later becoming known as the Barrosa Valley.

[supersparky]

Shirley, I think that back then, 53 wasn't that young. Infant mortality was not even recognised as a problem. Medical advancements in the past 150 years or so have helped quite a few of us old farts recover from illness and injury that probably would have killed us back then.

[Greynomad]

So what’s wrong with Col Light naming the Barossa Valley???

[Greynomad]

Well, after two weeks, no-one has offered a suggestion of what was wrong with Col Light naming the Barossa Valley.

The answer is that he named it after a town in Spain...
called Barrosa.

He got the spelling wrong.

BONUS FACT: As you would expect in the Barossa Valley, both secondary schools have their own vineyards.


Stand by for the next exciting episode.....

[Greynomad]

OK FOLKS... HERE IT IS:

The Battle of the Coral Sea was the turning point in a Japanese attempted invasion of Papua-New Guinea.
That invasion, probably intended to occupy Rabaul & Port Moresby then move on to Australia & deny the USA access to naval facilities in the West Pacific, was obviously planned to begin with a seaborne military force aboard a naval convoy.
The convoy was met 300km off the P-NG coast and turned back by a US fleet with Australian air support.
(Strictly speaking, in military terms it was a draw.)

Now the question(s):
1. What was the name of the military man who first alerted the top brass to the approaching convoy?
(Codebreakers already knew it was planned, but not when or exactly where.)
2. Which branch of the military (and of which country) was he serving in?
3. What was his rank?

[bob r]

Ray you forgot
4. what color was his underps

Bob

[supersparky]

His name was Major Donald G Kennedy. He was a Coast watcher on Santa Isabel Island which is part of the Solomon Island group i think. He was originally a plantation owner seconded to the Aust army. But it might have been the NZ army because he was a Kiwi. He was a very brave man as were all in the coastwatcher group.
He wasn't issued with underpants.
But if you read some of the US versions of the story it was Gen Douglas Macarthur. He was God. He saved everyone. He did return........

[Newcastle George]

Are you certain it wasn't Supreme Commander Donald Trump?

George

[SteveW]

OK FOLKS... HERE IT IS:

The Battle of the Coral Sea was the turning point in a Japanese attempted invasion of Papua-New Guinea.
That invasion, probably intended to occupy Rabaul & Port Moresby then move on to Australia & deny the USA access to naval facilities in the West Pacific, was obviously planned to begin with a seaborne military force aboard a naval convoy.
The convoy was met 300km off the P-NG coast and turned back by a US fleet with Australian air support.
(Strictly speaking, in military terms it was a draw.)

Now the question(s):
1. What was the name of the military man who first alerted the top brass to the approaching convoy?
(Codebreakers already knew it was planned, but not when or exactly where.)
2. Which branch of the military (and of which country) was he serving in?
3. What was his rank?

I've read the book, Ray. Unlike the young bloke David, I can't remember the fine detail. That raises a dilemma I can't seem to resolve. My question is; should I re-read books or should I press on with new books. I figure that there is only time in our life to read a given number of books. If I were to re-read every worthwhile book in order to remember the detail, I would halve the number of books I could read in one lifetime. Your thoughts, please.