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Not a problem Pr2vc. 
Your question.......
Your question.......
Shirt I knew you would do that.
William c Collins?
William c Collins?
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Paul
What town were you referring to RR , I am curiousRamjet said:I'm afraid i must withdraw my question re electricity.
Appears my source was incorrect.
My apologies
It was White Cliffs
Billy Bryson Lied to me
Billy Bryson Lied to me
Think I'll sleep on this one.
Good question.
Good question.
The only thing I've got so far is:
It seems that, in 1959, the newspaper was given a cutting taken from a contemporary some years ago and quotes the cutting in the article. The source or date of the cutting is
not mentioned. The cutting refers to the then late Mr Leard who, among other things, was the last living attendee at a demonstration of the telephone at a property, Brindley Park, near Merriwa in the 1870s a demonstration conducted by none other than Alexander Graham Bell himself. According to the clipping, the demonstration, which involved rigging up a telephone line in a paddock, failed to impress the authorities and Bell left Australia still looking for someone to buy the rights and patents to his invention.
Can't find the connection to wool, was Brindley Park a sheep station?
Au
It seems that, in 1959, the newspaper was given a cutting taken from a contemporary some years ago and quotes the cutting in the article. The source or date of the cutting is
not mentioned. The cutting refers to the then late Mr Leard who, among other things, was the last living attendee at a demonstration of the telephone at a property, Brindley Park, near Merriwa in the 1870s a demonstration conducted by none other than Alexander Graham Bell himself. According to the clipping, the demonstration, which involved rigging up a telephone line in a paddock, failed to impress the authorities and Bell left Australia still looking for someone to buy the rights and patents to his invention.
Can't find the connection to wool, was Brindley Park a sheep station?
Au
Correct!
Merriwa's Main Street is Beddinton Street.
The 4 Beddington brothers had pastoral properties running sheep.
Brindley Park in the Merriwa area is one of these properties which is still in the Beddington family,John Beddington being the current owner.
A woman(probably John Beddingtons great grandmother )maiden name was Bell hence the connection to Alexander
Alexander Graham Bell visited Brindley Park, demonstrated his phone with a wire between the homestead & the shearing shed.
He approached the Bank of NSW (?) for financial backing but was turned down.
So off to the US he went, & as they say the rest is history!!!
This story was related to me some years ago by a customer I used to call on therefore I cannot guarantee that these facts are to the letter but are as was told to me & my grandson who was with me at the time.
Thanks
Merriwa's Main Street is Beddinton Street.
The 4 Beddington brothers had pastoral properties running sheep.
Brindley Park in the Merriwa area is one of these properties which is still in the Beddington family,John Beddington being the current owner.
A woman(probably John Beddingtons great grandmother )maiden name was Bell hence the connection to Alexander
Alexander Graham Bell visited Brindley Park, demonstrated his phone with a wire between the homestead & the shearing shed.
He approached the Bank of NSW (?) for financial backing but was turned down.
So off to the US he went, & as they say the rest is history!!!
This story was related to me some years ago by a customer I used to call on therefore I cannot guarantee that these facts are to the letter but are as was told to me & my grandson who was with me at the time.
Thanks
Good question Pr2cv. I eventually found the same info as AU.
One thing a read stated Bell was in Oz in 1910 But no record before that.
Still... we all learnt stuff we hadn't known before.
Thanks
Rod
One thing a read stated Bell was in Oz in 1910 But no record before that.
Still... we all learnt stuff we hadn't known before.
Thanks
Rod
Thanks Pr2cv,
I was wondering why the heck Bell was in Australia. The connection to the Beddington name makes sense.
Will take me a while to come up with a decent question, so bear with me. Work seems to be getting in thee way. 8.(
Au
I was wondering why the heck Bell was in Australia. The connection to the Beddington name makes sense.
Will take me a while to come up with a decent question, so bear with me. Work seems to be getting in thee way. 8.(
Au
Work? I remember work.
Guess I'll have to go back soon,
Guess I'll have to go back soon,
Slightly different slant. An incorrect answer gets another clue.
Who am I?
Clue #1: I was born in Ballarat, Victoria in 1856 as the son of a gold miner and had 3 brothers and 2 sisters.
Who am I?
Clue #1: I was born in Ballarat, Victoria in 1856 as the son of a gold miner and had 3 brothers and 2 sisters.
Hi Pr2cv,
I got my info from here:
http://www.artsupperhunter.com.au/files/pages/newsletters/July-2012-Artsbark.pdf
Au
I got my info from here:
http://www.artsupperhunter.com.au/files/pages/newsletters/July-2012-Artsbark.pdf
Au
All of my recent questions apart from the poetry ones, have come from
Downunder by Bill Bryson .
Also sold as In a sunburned country.
Amazing facts, Great wordsmith.
One of my favourite books.
Re your last question I found the same document as AU... Eventually
Downunder by Bill Bryson .
Also sold as In a sunburned country.
Amazing facts, Great wordsmith.
One of my favourite books.
Re your last question I found the same document as AU... Eventually
Henry Sutton (1856-1912), inventor, was born on 3 September 1856 at Ballarat, Victoria, son of Richard Henry Sutton and his wife Mary, ne Johnson. Richard founded a music firm in a tent on the Ballarat goldfield in 1854. After a short stint as a miner he had found that playing a home-made concertina in his tent at night attracted crowds and he began to make them for his friends. Persuaded by the astute Mary to buy a dray-load of musical instruments in Melbourne, he sold them in a few days. He bought land on Plank Road and built a music warehouse of brick and wood with a plate glass window.
Interesting guy
Interesting guy
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D'oh,clearly too easy Rod I thought I would've had to give up a few more clues.
Your bat...
Au
I thought I would've had to give up a few more clues.Your bat...
Au
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