Australian History

[backcreek]

Close enough goldtruck59, The Clarke Gang, comprising Tommy and John Clarke, Pat and Tom Connell, William and Joe Berriman and William Fletcher, robbed and murdered there way around the Araluen and Braidwood districts.

The Clarke Gang. Outlawed, Outcast and Forgotten by Peter C Smith. A great read if anyone is interested in Australian bush ranging history.

Hay Willo,
Another good book on the Clarke gang is called "The bloodiest bushrangers"

 

[Magilla]

No Dr, this guy was born in WA.

 

[DrDuck]

Had a think about it, and the reference to the TV show Nature Walkabout was the clue! We used to love that show as kids in the 60's.

It was Vincent Serventy:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_Serventy

 

[Magilla]

My favorite show when I was a kid, well picked up mate.

 

[DrDuck]

This might be easy, Magilla, but stays in the theme!

I got my start on one of Vincent Serventy's shows, and became quite well known in my own right.

 

[Magilla]

Malcolm Douglas?

 

[DrDuck]

Not Malcolm Douglas, Magilla.... but trading in the right territory.

 

[nucopia]

A stab in the dark... Alby Mangles.

 

[DrDuck]

Not Alby Mangles, but like Vincent Serventy and Malcolm Douglas, the bloke I am thinking of was from WA.

 

[Balmain Bob]

DrDuck,

What about Harry Butler?

 

[nucopia]

That was my next guess William Henry "Harry" Butler AO CBE...

 

[DrDuck]

Yep it was Harry Butler.

"Harry Butler first came to the notice of ABC producers when he was hired as a jack-of-all-trades to assist fellow Western Australian and naturalist Vincent Serventy, who was involved with Rolf Harris in the series Rolfs Walkabout (1970). Not only could Harry prepare wonders of culinary delight with his camp oven, he had a real understanding of bush creatures. A proposed BBC-ABC series with David Bellamy and Harry Butler foundered so the ABC decided to go it alone with In the Wild with Harry Butler. The series took off and the succeeding series did even better than the first. There was also a book of the series.

Later on, Harry Butler became a champion of the Franklin River Dam. Amidst huge controversy, the British botanist David Bellamy was invited to present a report and his damning opposition to the project overturned Butlers findings and helped stop the dam. As a result, Harry Butler lost some of his credibility as an environmentalist."

Interestingly, Harry had another collaboration with the now notorious Rolf, having co-written the UK Top Ten music hit "Sun Arise."

Over to you, Bob.

 

[Balmain Bob]

Thanks DrDuck,

I remember watching Harry Butler in The Wild on the ABC as kid.

I will be back shortly with a question

bob

 

[Balmain Bob]

This event took place in South Australia in 1840 in South Australia.

 

[nucopia]

25 August - two Ngarrindjeri men are publicly hung along the Coorong in front of their tribe after being accused of the murders of all 26 crew and passengers of the Maria shipwreck. The two men had been convicted in a drumhead court-martial with Major Thomas O'Halloran, South Australian Police Commissioner, presiding and passing sentence.

 

[Bacchus]

The passengers and crew of the shipwrecked " Maria" are killed by aboriginals along the Coorong ?

 

[DrDuck]

Reckon that was probably it, nucopia, but if it is not, the first Adelaide show was held in 1940.

 

[Balmain Bob]

Well done Bacchus

I thought that that question might have lasted a bit longer

It was tragic to survive a ship wreck only to be killed by the locals

http://www.jaunay.com/maria.html

Over to you

Cheers

Bob

 

[Bacchus]

Nucopia has the call , he got in while I was typing got to be quicker

 

[nucopia]

Na Bacchus you do it .. Im stumped for a question to ask..