Australian History

[Guest]

1961 I think

 

[slowflow]

1940s to protect bald heads

 

[the duck]

slowflow cracked it your go

 

[slowflow]

Who was Lucy Beeton & when was she born?

 

[mando1463]

Lucy Beeton (1829-1886), Aboriginal teacher and businesswoman, was born on 14 May 1829 on Gun Carriage (Vansittart) Island, eastern Bass Strait, daughter of Thomas (John) Beeton (also known as Beedon, Baden or Beadon), from a Jewish family of jewellers in London, and Emmerenna ('Bet Smith'), a Tasmanian Aborigine from Cape Portland.

 

[slowflow]

Ok speedy your go

 

[mando1463]

:8

In 1860 Victoria had what bragging rights

 

[DrDuck]

Was it the most railways in Australia?

 

[mando1463]

No not what im after DrD

 

[DrDuck]

By 1860, Victoria had already produced 20 million ounces of gold, more than NSW's two million ounces?

 

[mando1463]

No still not what im after - sorry I shouldnt have been so vague
Its has to do with a comparison made with another international gold fever hotspot

 

[the duck]

Maybe another hint i cant find it

 

[DrDuck]

Is it that Victoria had a larger population or more prospectors or had produced more gold
than California?

 

[slowflow]

More gold per person than California.

 

[mando1463]

Yep you got it DrD
Victoria had a higher population than California

All yours

 

[DrDuck]

Thanks, Mando ... I'll be back with a question, soon. When I have thought of one.

 

[DrDuck]

Thought I'd try something different.

Who is this portrait of, who painted it, and what is its claim to fame?

 

[DrDuck]

Sorry, posted it twice, and could not work out how to delete the second post, so I edited it!

 

[deepblue]

Mr Ray Walker 1958 Archibald Prize
Painted by William Edwin Pidgeon WEP
cheers

 

[DrDuck]

Good get, deep blue. It's an obscure one and there aren't too many reproductions on the web.

Picked it because I like the painting, the artist wep was a noted cartoonist and WW2 illustrator, and because I thought it would be hard to get the answer.

Over to you....