Australian History

[the duck]

James Harrison was born at St Johns (near Renton), Dunbartonshire, Scotland, the son of a fisherman. He trained as a printing apprentice in Glasgow and worked in London before emigrating to Sydney, Australia in 1837 to set up a printing press for the English company Tegg & Co. Moving to Melbourne in 1839 he found employment with John Pascoe Fawkner as a compositor and later editor on Fawkner's Port Phillip Patriot. When Fawkner acquired a new press, Harrison offered him 30 pounds for the original old press to start Geelong's first newspaper. The first weekly edition of the Geelong Advertiser appeared November 1840: edited by 'James Harrison and printed and published for John Pascoe Fawkner (sole proprietor) by William Watkins...'. By November 1842, Harrison became sole owner

 

[Ramjet]

Not James.
Our guy was apparently a good horseman.

 

[the duck]

who made his pile when Pardon won the cup,

 

[Ramjet]

There was Harrison who made his pile when Pardon won the cup
The old man with his hair as white as snow
But few could ride beside him when his blood was fairly up
He would go wherever horse and man could go.

All yours Duck.

 

[the duck]

Ok we will keep it on harrison what was my harrison famous for, earlier answer, and those that drink beer should be thankful

 

[backcreek]

Mr Wiki says,
Harrison's first mechanical ice-making machine began operation in 1851[2] on the banks of the Barwon River at Rocky Point in Geelong.[3] His first commercial ice-making machine followed in 1854, and his patent for an ether vapor-compression refrigeration system was granted in 1855. This novel system used a compressor to force the refrigeration gas to pass through a condenser, where it cooled down and liquefied. The liquefied gas then circulated through the refrigeration coils and vaporised again, cooling down the surrounding system. The machine employed a 5 m (16 ft.) flywheel and produced 3,000 kilograms (6,600 lb) of ice per day. In 1856 Harrison went to London where he patented both his process (747 of 1856) and his apparatus (2362 of 1857

 

[the duck]

Well done backcreek its all yours

 

[backcreek]

OK, my turn. I'll be back shortly with a question

 

[backcreek]

Who am I?
Born 1936. Started work as a fitter and turner and soon became a professional soccer player and distinguished himself on the soccer field in Australia and Britain. He went on to obtain an arts degree at Sydney Uni.
Had a leading roll in changing Australia for ever.

 

[DrDuck]

That'd be Charlie Perkins, Backcreek.

 

[backcreek]

You got it Dr D
Your go my Liege.

 

[backcreek]

Wow, just noticed we are heading to 100 pages.

 

[DrDuck]

Sorry for the delay ..... Who will be the first to post on the hundredth page?

Back soon with a proper question!

 

[DrDuck]

In his early days, Bob Hawke was famous for skulling beer in record time. But he had nothing on this State Premier whose drinking exploits were legendary over many years....

 

[Dropbear!]

Not Bob carr is it?

 

[DrDuck]

Not Abu Bin BobCar, DB. Pretty sure Bob is a bit of a wowser.

Our bloke was from the 19th Century, and had a taste for Rum.

 

[Kingsolomon]

Bob hawke still holds the record( pretty sure) at a uni for necking a beer in a matter of seconds.
Can anyone help me to get historical maps work on google maps?
Think I'm missing something ( no jokes please... Unless there real good) . Wish I was better with computers .
Trying to find old maps . Good sites for coins in the city... Ect.
People talk about them a lot . Thought I would of found them easier to find.
I thought google stopped people from asking questions out loud .... Yet here I am!
Cheers
Barney

 

[Ramjet]

Tough one Doc.

 

[DrDuck]

I'll give another hint - he was Premier more than once...

 

[Pr2cv]

Robert (Robin)Askin ---------another rogue polie!!!!