Australian History

[deepblue]

Thanks mate
Who was our first single (Unmarried) Prime Minister?
cheers

 

[Ramjet]

John McEwen, widower.
In office 17 December 1967 10 January 1968

 

[deepblue]

Well done Ramjet your turn.

 

[Ramjet]

Thanks deepblue.

Another picture question.
what is t u us and who made it...

 

[mando1463]

Louis Brennan - Gyro Monorail - claimed to have conceived the idea whislt living in Melbourne Australia and working as a watchmaker and then apprenticed as a consulting engineer to Alexander Kennedy Smith - Smith later went on to become Mayor of Melbourne

 

[Ramjet]

You got him mando.
Interesting guy. Prolific inventor. Best known for the first steerable torpedo.

 

[Goldpick]

Good invention the steerable torpedo, so long as you don't have to sit on it! :lol:

 

[mando1463]

In 1908 the Australian and UK governments gave what to its citizens

 

[Guest]

They gave a seventh point to the Commonwealth Star on the flag representing the territories of Papua.

 

[mando1463]

Nope not what im after Bill

 

[Guest]

Would it be the Old Age Pension?

 

[slowflow]

Act chosen as the capital.

 

[mando1463]

Yep you got it now Bill the Invalid & Aged Pensions

All yours

 

[Guest]

What was the name of the goldfield discovered by William Park, and what was his nickname. ?

 

[Goldpick]

Morobe goldfield in Papua New Guinea, his nickname was Shark-eye.

 

[Guest]

You are correct goldpick. Aparently the natives were terrified if he gave them the eye. Your turn.......

 

[Goldpick]

Who am I? Born in 1930, I hosted tv shows on ABC, and has worked as an conservation consultant?

 

[Guest]

Harry Butler?

 

[Goldpick]

Yay, correct! I have many memories of watching Harry Butler as a kid, he would always pick up a critter, and ensure that it was put back under its rock, plus who could forget his hat - a pre-cursor to Mick Dundees! Next question.

 

[Guest]

Before Harry Butler there was another show on ABC called Nature Walkabout. Who was the host of this show?