Australian History

[Magilla]

Edwin Harold Flack?

 

[nucopia]

Wow that was fast Magilla
i really thought I would milk this one for a few more hints,
Yes Edwin Flack our first Olympic dual Gold medalist @ Athens 1896. Gold in the 800m & Gold in the 1500m
Also won Bronze in the Tennis doubles

 

[Magilla]

Very talented bloke.

Looking for a place this time. I am on a river of the same name and was originally a railroad siding.

 

[Digger Danny]

Adelaide river

 

[Magilla]

No Danny, not that one.

 

[Magilla]

The name of this place was changed in the 1980's but most people still use the original name. It was originally very slow but the pace picked up in the 1970's.

 

[Magilla]

The river is dry most of the year.

 

[reefer]

this could be Todd River..Alice Springs...?

 

[goldtruck59]

finke

 

[Magilla]

Bingo GT, home of the Finke Desert Classic. The name was changed to Aputula some time back but everyone I know still call it Finke. Sitting on the banks of the Finke River which is said to be one of the oldest river systems in the world it started out as a railway siding on the old Ghan railway and if it wasn't for the annual race it probably would have faded into obscurity.

 

[goldtruck59]

Been to Finke/Aputula a few times. My mate owned the Mt Dare pub until recently and they used to buy a fair bit of Aboriginal art from the resident artists. The speeds that they get up to on the old Ghan line is ridiculous in the desert race. Ive driven a bit of it SLOW and that nearly killed my Landcruiser. I think they spend most of the time airborne !!!

Question

I was last used in the late 1950's for the purpose for which I was constructed. I was a massive undertaking.

What am I ?

 

[Balmain Bob]

Gday gt,
Would that be the Eldorado Gold dredge?
It ceased operation in 1954

http://www.tourisminternet.com.au/eldgold.htm

Cheers

Bob

 

[goldtruck59]

Gidday Bob,

No mate not the Eldorado dredge, I am in a different state. Head more westerly.

 

[goldtruck59]

Clue
I was used about 50 times in 50 years.

 

[goldtruck59]

another clue

I am in WA and I am massive

 

[Bacchus]

I keep thinking of the pipeline between Perth and Kalgoorlie designed by O'Connor completed 1903 but does not fit clues as I think is still in use ? Good question GT

 

[nucopia]

This one has me stumped too

 

[goldtruck59]

I keep thinking of the pipeline between Perth and Kalgoorlie designed by O'Connor completed 1903 but does not fit clues as I think is still in use ? Good question GT

Thanks Bacchus,

No its not the pipeline. Funnily I was walking along that very pipeline a few weeks ago and we also visited mundarring reservoir where it all starts.

Clue

I was refurbished twice in my useful existence years and was very hard to maintain

 

[Happy Jack]

G

 

[Happy Jack]

Good afternoon all,

I dont suppose it would be the Marble Bar Railway line... that was a big concern and shut down in the early 1950's.

Happy Jack