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Hey Jim, great stab in the dark. Just come back with a question tomorrow sometime....
Ok staying with the theam...above...Stumpjump Plow....
Three questions in one ...
Invented by Who....?
What year ....?
How much was the reward from the government of the day ...?
Cheers Nanjim
Jim
Reason for edit ...spelling... Bloody predictive text....
Three questions in one ...
Invented by Who....?
What year ....?
How much was the reward from the government of the day ...?
Cheers Nanjim
Jim
Reason for edit ...spelling... Bloody predictive text....
noncents
John
Richard Smith with the help of his brother Clarence
1876
Was given 500 pounds and some land, But originally it was 200 pounds
1876
Was given 500 pounds and some land, But originally it was 200 pounds
My apologies before I start as I didn't know where else to put this but I thought it was important in Australian History.
Today back in 1851, gold was first discovered in Victoria by James Esmond from the Californian gold fields. His discovery was at Clunes.
Surprisingly, on the same day, a publican by the name of Louis Michel also found gold at Andersons Creek just outside of Warrandyte.
Sorry and Thanks
Cheers
Mackka
Today back in 1851, gold was first discovered in Victoria by James Esmond from the Californian gold fields. His discovery was at Clunes.
Surprisingly, on the same day, a publican by the name of Louis Michel also found gold at Andersons Creek just outside of Warrandyte.
Sorry and Thanks
Cheers
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Damn now Im gonna have to have a beer and celebrate. It wont be a bud Light LOL
Good on ya Mackka
Good on ya Mackka
Yep, I'll have an extra glass of red to celebrate!
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John
Not sure if this one has been done
I was an Irish immigrant, I was a farmer and an inventor, what I did do was improve and patent a machine and made it the "first commercially successful machine" and it revolutionised the industry.
I was an Irish immigrant, I was a farmer and an inventor, what I did do was improve and patent a machine and made it the "first commercially successful machine" and it revolutionised the industry.
I would have said H.V. McKay except that although his parents were Irish immigrants, he was born in Victoria. Need to do some thunking again.
Rob.
Rob.
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John
No not Hugh Victor Mckay
another clue
he teamed up with a famous British automobile designer.
another clue
he teamed up with a famous British automobile designer.
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Is it Harry Ferguson?
Woops please disregard that suggestion he didn't come to Oz to build.
Woops please disregard that suggestion he didn't come to Oz to build.
Frederick York Wolseley
noncents
John
Backcreek is correct 
Frederick York Wolseley was an Irish-born New South Wales inventor and woolgrower who invented and developed the first commercially successful sheep shearing machinery. It revolutionised the wool industry. In 1887, Herbert Austin joined as chief engineer the Wolseley Sheep Shearing Machine Company Limited. He was was an English automobile designer and builder who founded the Austin Motor Company.
Frederick York Wolseley was an Irish-born New South Wales inventor and woolgrower who invented and developed the first commercially successful sheep shearing machinery. It revolutionised the wool industry. In 1887, Herbert Austin joined as chief engineer the Wolseley Sheep Shearing Machine Company Limited. He was was an English automobile designer and builder who founded the Austin Motor Company.
Cheers noncents,
Here's what I found.
Irish immigrant Frederick York Wolseley (1837-1899) who arrived in Victoria in 1854 and who, through persistent experiments over twenty years, devised and developed a mechanized sheep shearer. Wolseley himself was not a trained inventor but a technical outsider who called in expertise to develop and demonstrate his idea, drawing in a number of skilled partners and patenting his modifications as they emerged. His machine was first demonstrated in 1886 and initially brought strong resistance from shearers and graziers. But the widespread demonstration of the machines throughout eastern Australia, pitting it against the blades, and the distribution of information on the new technique, together with the machines speed and financial returns to shearers, won through, and by the centurys end machine shearing had revolutionized the wool industry and established a technological lead. Wolseley left Australia in 1889 to set up the Wolseley Sheep Shearing Machine Company in England in order to establish an international market. After his return to Britain he sent Herbert Austin from his Birmingham headquarters to serve in his workshop at Goldsborough Mort, Melbourne, to improve the overhead gear of the shearing machine. Austin (later Baron Austin) would subsequently return to Birmingham to design and make the first Wolseley car and found his own Austin Motor Company.
I'll be back shortly with another question.
Here's what I found.
Irish immigrant Frederick York Wolseley (1837-1899) who arrived in Victoria in 1854 and who, through persistent experiments over twenty years, devised and developed a mechanized sheep shearer. Wolseley himself was not a trained inventor but a technical outsider who called in expertise to develop and demonstrate his idea, drawing in a number of skilled partners and patenting his modifications as they emerged. His machine was first demonstrated in 1886 and initially brought strong resistance from shearers and graziers. But the widespread demonstration of the machines throughout eastern Australia, pitting it against the blades, and the distribution of information on the new technique, together with the machines speed and financial returns to shearers, won through, and by the centurys end machine shearing had revolutionized the wool industry and established a technological lead. Wolseley left Australia in 1889 to set up the Wolseley Sheep Shearing Machine Company in England in order to establish an international market. After his return to Britain he sent Herbert Austin from his Birmingham headquarters to serve in his workshop at Goldsborough Mort, Melbourne, to improve the overhead gear of the shearing machine. Austin (later Baron Austin) would subsequently return to Birmingham to design and make the first Wolseley car and found his own Austin Motor Company.
I'll be back shortly with another question.
noncents
John
Its amazing as how many people that were Australian or had some connection to Australia that have made or done extraordinary things. Until you come across some of these by accident (or by this site )we would never know. I think our schools should focus on more on our forefathers and their accomplishments and let all the students from different backgrounds get a feeling of pride in being Australian, not all great Australians were born here but they were proud to be Australian.
)we would never know. I think our schools should focus on more on our forefathers and their accomplishments and let all the students from different backgrounds get a feeling of pride in being Australian, not all great Australians were born here but they were proud to be Australian.
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noncents said:Its amazing as how many people that were Australian or had some connection to Australia that have made or done extraordinary things. Until you come across some of these by accident (or by this site
100% agree mate. The crap they teach in schools these days could be improved out of sight by learning our own history first. Australia and its people are amazing.
Who were the first documented white inhabitants of the Wide Bay/Fraser Island area and what was their story?
Was it white women who were supposed to be survivors of the wreck of the Seabelle?
The Seabelle was one of the first ships to be recorded as lost off Fraser Island. The 158-ton schooner left Rockhampton on 7 March 1857 and was wrecked the following day on Breaksea Spit, the north-eastern tip of the island.
Rumours abounded about survivors of the Seabelle. A white woman and two white girls were reported to be living with Fraser Island aboriginals. New South Wales authorities commissioned the captain of the Coquett to investigate and he bought to Sydney two young girls who were albino. They were never returned to their parents as he had promised and they died in an institution in Sydney at an early age.
The Seabelle was one of the first ships to be recorded as lost off Fraser Island. The 158-ton schooner left Rockhampton on 7 March 1857 and was wrecked the following day on Breaksea Spit, the north-eastern tip of the island.
Rumours abounded about survivors of the Seabelle. A white woman and two white girls were reported to be living with Fraser Island aboriginals. New South Wales authorities commissioned the captain of the Coquett to investigate and he bought to Sydney two young girls who were albino. They were never returned to their parents as he had promised and they died in an institution in Sydney at an early age.
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