Australian History

[backcreek]

I found this on Lawson.

One of the gold miners attracted to the Mudgee district was Niels Peter Larsen who married Louisa Albury in Mudgee in 1866. They had a child, leading Australian poet Henry Lawson in Grenfell in 1867 and changed their names to Peter and Louisa Lawson. By the birth of their third child, they moved to a selection at Pipeclay (now Eurunderee) 8 km north of Mudgee. Louisa Lawson's vigorous lobbying led to the establishment of the slab-and-bark Eurunderee Public School in 1876 with Henry Lawson attending the school for the first time aged nine. He would later write about the school in his poem "The Old Bark School". Lawson would later attend St. Matthews Central School, Mudgee before his progressively worsening deafness leading to him leaving school at the age of 14. Lawson would live in the Mudgee district until the age of 15 and many of his stories were written about the district.

OK,

Where was the first winner of the Melbourne cup bread and trained.

 

[backcreek]

I found this on Lawson as well.

Towards his death in 1922, Henry Lawson stayed in a fishing shack in Bonnet Bay (Georges River Sydney) and used to row around to the pub, (Como Pub, commonly known as the Como Hilton) where he'd recite poems for a beer.

Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/travel/secrets-of-the-shire-20100611-y33b.html#ixzz2WHFAmyLv

 

[the duck]

Thomas Molyneux "Tom" Royds on
Ballalaba farm

 

[Ramjet]

Great thread people
Love History.
The story on Wilgie Mia .... Awesome stuff.
Keep em coming.

 

[backcreek]

I,ll give that one to you Duck.

Correct sort of.

Archer was probably foaled in 1856 at Exeter Farm in Jembaicumbene, near Braidwood in New South Wales. In recent years evidence has been discovered that Archer may not have been foaled on the Exeter Farm owned by Roberts but on Royd's previous cattle farm Ballabala, owned by Hassall. This is supported by Richard William Royds' (1922-?) (one of William Edward Royd's grandsons) writing in 1983 that Archer was foaled at Ballabala;[3] this view is supported by his widow and adopted son.[4] All other references state that Archer was foaled at Exeter Farm, including Richard's older brother John Patrick Molyneux Royds (1920-?) in an interview published in 1969.[5] It is also on Exeter Farm that other horses from the breeding partnership of Hassall and Roberts were foaled, including Archer's half-brother Mariner in 1854 (by Sailor By The Sea out of Maid Of The Oaks) and his full-brother William Tell in 1855 (by William Tell (GB) out of Maid Of The Oaks.

Jembaicumbene (pronounced Jemmi-c'm-bene) is a town in the Southern Tablelands of New South Wales, Australia, located 5 miles (8 km) out along the Braidwood - Majors Creek Road. Once a thriving goldfield, it is now a peaceful, pretty valley on the way to Majors Creek.
Stands of fine old trees mark former home sites and the upturned earth along the length of the Jembaicumbene Creek bears witness to the efforts of many hopeful miners, and the later activities of several dredge mining companies.

Cheers
Mick

 

[the duck]

What is the name of the game that the chinese gold miners used their cash coins as play money

 

[dirttreasure]

Give us a clue Mr duck? Please don't make me Google it.

 

[Guest]

I've seen this in a book about Sofala - now where is that book........

 

[dirttreasure]

Ok, so I googled it! I believe the answer is angry birds?

 

[the duck]

no incorrect, game is played with a square marked 1 to 4

 

[the duck]

starts with fan two words

 

[dirttreasure]

Tan!

 

[dirttreasure]

Hey duck, I was just being a smart arse, but I believe that may be the correct answer? It is in my memory, for some reason, as being a Chinese card game. I'll Google it!

 

[dirttreasure]

Better still, just put me out of my misery.

 

[Nugget]

That's not how it works

 

[dirttreasure]

I know nugget, that's why I won't Google it, but I am a very impatient person. Duck?

 

[dirttreasure]

I learnt some mandarins years ago, and I think, from memory that the word fan, means restaurant? The word tan means happy or something?

 

[Nugget]

You are allowed to Google it , I've come up with nothing so far.

 

[the duck]

that was the correct answer Fan Tan so you get to choose the next question but you are meant to look it up as that is the point of the excercise rather than me tell you as i already know
Its to hone your google research skills

The word means (repeated divisions)

The game is simple. A square is marked in the centre of an ordinary table, or a square piece of metal is laid on it, the sides being marked 1, 2, 3 and 4. The banker puts on the table a double handful of small buttons, beads, coins, dried beans, or similar articles, which he covers with a metal bowl, or "tan koi".
The players then bet on the numbers, setting their stakes on the side of the square which bears the number selected. Players can also bet on the corners, for example between No. 2 and No. 3. When all bets are placed, the bowl is removed and the "tan kun", or croupier, uses a small bamboo stick to remove the buttons from the heap, four at a time, until the final batch is reached. If it contains four buttons, the backer of No. 4 wins; if three, the backer of No. 3 wins; if two, the backer of No. 2 wins and if one the backer of No. 1 wins.
All winning wagers are paid true odds less a 5% commission. For example, assume a bettor has $100 wagered on a 3 to 1 wager. If the bet wins, the bettor is paid $300 less 5% or $285.

If you find a lot of cash coins in one place they are probably from the game or a funeral site if you find 3 together they were tied with a red ribbon as used for good luck

 

[dirttreasure]

Sweet! What a great game, ok? What was the first gold sovereign minted, in Australia, and when?