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Strange names? :P
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Greynomad wrote: ↑Wed Sep 19, 2018 4:44 pm Strange names? :P
Maybe a clue is needed and this should give it away... Kenyon Welsh was a Doctor and Arthur Affleck was a pilot.
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Guess it might be the flying doctor service?
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You guessed right Shirley they were the Doctor and pilot of the first flying doctor service in Australia operating out of Cloncurry, Queensland in 1928.
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Thanks, now I'll have to find a question :D
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Who is the only male tennis player to have won all four majors in the same calendar year twice?
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Our Rocket Rod,62 and 69 I think
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Correct our Rod Laver, post a question please :)
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The Sceintific name of the aquatic emblem of QLD is Amphiprion Akindynos. What is its more common name?
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Cane Toad?
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