Australian History

[DrDuck]

Thanks for everyone's patience, I've had a busy weekend, unfortunately not prospecting related.

Anyway another science question. Somewhat related to the last few we have had.

He was a pioneer in his field, and while born in the USA, saw out his days in Australia. His state university maintains a museum in his honour. Like me, he was among other things an amateur radio operator. He started out by constructing the second ever example of his speciality in his back yard.

Haven't tested this one for google resistance, so it might be easy. If not, clues will be forthcoming to keep it moving along.

 

[Ramjet]

Margaret Whitlam

 

[Sandta]

Hey Ramjet , are you anticipating ' sex change' to be one of the forthcoming clues :lol:
Sorry , couldnt help myself

 

[DrDuck]

No sex change in this one. A bloke I went to school with had a sex change, but that's another (amusing) story for another time!

 

[Tathradj]

"Cut and Shut"
Could not help myself. LOL

 

[outboard]

in fairness if you saw this woman walking down a street you would think it was a man in drag -:

 

[DrDuck]

A clue - my first name is very similar (A homophone to those technically inclined) to the name of an old English silver coin, First minted under Edward 1.

 

[the duck]

Taffy Bowen

 

[goldtruck59]

J.P.Wild

 

[DrDuck]

Duck, Taffy Bowen is close, very close, but no cigar. Our Bloke was born in the USA. Taffy's name was not similar to a fourpenny bit, either.

GT, I'm not sure who JP Wild was, but it's not him, either.

 

[goldtruck59]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Paul_Wild

Check this out Duck ticked most of your boxes I thought No cigar

 

[DrDuck]

Another Radio Astronomer! So close again, but no cigar. The bloke I have in mind is also a pioneer radio astronomer. Who would have thought there were three people out there who more or less fitted the clues!

 

[goldtruck59]

Grote Reber

 

[DrDuck]

That's him GT!

An interesting bloke, I thought one of the other amateur radio members would have known about him!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grote_Reber

 

[goldtruck59]

I didn't know who I could trust. My own wife went to the police. I am injured as I have a badly injured arm. I am hiding with a price on my head. As a stubborn Irishman, I will not surrender easily.

 

[DrDuck]

Hmmm - Bushranger John Clarke, but I'm not sure if he was Irish?

 

[goldtruck59]

no cigar duck but right era that's for sure

 

[goldtruck59]

I didn't know who I could trust. My own wife went to the police. I am injured as I have a badly injured arm. I am hiding with a price on my head. As a stubborn Irishman, I will not surrender easily.

Clue 2

Minor correction to the above. It was a friends wife that was suspected of going to the police as I was yet to be married to my belle a couple of years later.
My arm now was becoming worse and I may lose it. The bullet had shattered the bone.

 

[Paydirt]

Ivan Armov

 

[DrDuck]

Dan Kelly?