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Rotor, the previous answer was Daylight Saving. Magilla is after the premier who was elected while on a good behaviour bond.
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thx dr .... better try to keep up :lol:
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It was this bloke, Charles Kingsgton, who was on a bond for challenging another politician to a duel.
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Yep, he was an interesting character. The current crop of politicians are no match for those blokes. At about the same time, there was a notorious politician in another state, who was even more outrageous than Kingston. Who was he?
Sorry if that clue is a bit obscure. I asked a question about this bloke a long time ago. He was a newspaper editor and a notorious drunk., as well as a politician. He also invented an iconic Australian term for opponents of carousing and other fun.
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Would that be John Norton?
John Norton served for nearly 12 years in the N.S.W. Legislative Assembly and made many enemies among other politicians. Conversely, he was very popular among his constituents. He was initially elected as the member for Sydney-Fitzroy at a by-election in June 1898 and served until the July 1898 elections. Redmer Yska in his book "Truth:The Rise and Fall of the People's Paper" states on page 16 that Norton, in a drunken stupor, once urinated in view of members on the floor of the chamber.
The Norton-Meagher fracas
John Norton featured in one of the most sensational incidents Sydney had ever witnessed back on 21 September 1898. [8] Norton's bitter rival and fellow politician, Richard Meagher (18661931), member for Tweed, horsewhipped Norton in Sydney's busy Pitt Street in front of hundreds of bystanders. Meagher was angry at Norton for labeling him Mr. "Mendax" Meagher in Norton's Truth Newspaper. Norton also described Meagher as the "premier perjurer of our public life and the champion criminal of the continent". After he had been whipped, Norton responded by firing three shots at Meagher with a revolver. Both men were charged with assault at Central Police Court, although Meagher was fined just 5 and John Norton was found not guilty.[9] [10]
John Norton represented Northumberland, from 1899 to 1901; Surry Hills, from 1904 to 1906; and Darling Harbour from 1907 to 1910.
He was also elected three times as a Sydney alderman between 1898 and 1906.[11] He also ran unsuccessfully for the Senate in 1901 and 1906.
John Norton served for nearly 12 years in the N.S.W. Legislative Assembly and made many enemies among other politicians. Conversely, he was very popular among his constituents. He was initially elected as the member for Sydney-Fitzroy at a by-election in June 1898 and served until the July 1898 elections. Redmer Yska in his book "Truth:The Rise and Fall of the People's Paper" states on page 16 that Norton, in a drunken stupor, once urinated in view of members on the floor of the chamber.
The Norton-Meagher fracas
John Norton featured in one of the most sensational incidents Sydney had ever witnessed back on 21 September 1898. [8] Norton's bitter rival and fellow politician, Richard Meagher (18661931), member for Tweed, horsewhipped Norton in Sydney's busy Pitt Street in front of hundreds of bystanders. Meagher was angry at Norton for labeling him Mr. "Mendax" Meagher in Norton's Truth Newspaper. Norton also described Meagher as the "premier perjurer of our public life and the champion criminal of the continent". After he had been whipped, Norton responded by firing three shots at Meagher with a revolver. Both men were charged with assault at Central Police Court, although Meagher was fined just 5 and John Norton was found not guilty.[9] [10]
John Norton represented Northumberland, from 1899 to 1901; Surry Hills, from 1904 to 1906; and Darling Harbour from 1907 to 1910.
He was also elected three times as a Sydney alderman between 1898 and 1906.[11] He also ran unsuccessfully for the Senate in 1901 and 1906.
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Well Picked Magilla, the notorious John Norton is him. He was involved in a whole succession of scandals in Sydney back in the day. As the editor of the Truth, he invented the term Wowser, something no one would have ever called him. Cyril Pearl's book Wild Men of Sydney captures the man and times very well, a good book for anyone interested in the warts and all history of Sydney.
Maxwell, I think you are trying to answer a question from a few back, it was Daylight Saving.
Maxwell, I think you are trying to answer a question from a few back, it was Daylight Saving.
Just a guess, is it over the horizon radar?
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DrDuck said:
That was quick, thought it would have lasted a bit longer than that.
The Jindalee Radar System covers the whole North of Australia protecting us from unwanted visitors. Unlike other radar systems the Jindalee Radar works by detecting the air disturbance caused by an aircraft not the aircraft itself. It means that stealth technology is useless against it. It can also detect ship movements and wave heights. Of course seeing someone coming and being able to do anything about it are two different things.
I've got an amateur radio license, so these kinds of things have been an interest for quite a while Magilla. So when I read the clue, I was pretty certain what it was without having to research it.
Have to think of a new one now...
Have to think of a new one now...
Technology again. I am a pioneer in computing and automation who is mainly now forgotten in my home country of Australia. I left Australia and became a professor at a famous university in the USA, becoming naturalised around the beginning of WW2. I had many achievements, one of which was my involvement in the development of the first all digital computer.
Gordon Stanley Brown.
Well done Jaros, that's the bloke.
http://www.abc.net.au/radionational...australias-forgotten-computer-pioneer/6428174
http://www.abc.net.au/radionational...australias-forgotten-computer-pioneer/6428174
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