Australian History

[xcvator]

C'mon guys, you can do better than that

My irrigation channels were excavated by hand by one man

 

[LONEWOLF]

Samuel McCaughey?...... Silly me you want Location ...... Mildura....

LoneWolf....

 

[xcvator]

Sorry LW, not even the right state

 

[LONEWOLF]

Oh well I tried.... Back to Google again :8

LoneWolf....

 

[xcvator]

Sorry about the delay guys

I'm named after a Frenchman

 

[xcvator]

The man that made me died in Charters Towers in 1959

 

[DrDuck]

It would be Adels Grove, named after Albert de Lestang, who leased seventy five acres from the government in 1920, to experiment with food trees on a property near Lawn Hill, which was, and still is, an oasis in the desert.

http://www.rarefruitaustralia.org/2011/09/15/adels-grove-botanical-oasis-in-the-outback/

 

[xcvator]

That's the place Dr, :Y: pity it's being ruined by the greed of the current owners

 

[DrDuck]

Gawd, now I've got the problem of thinking of a question!
I was pretty active on this thread from mid 2013, but have not played much in the last year.

I'll be back

 

[DrDuck]

Something a bit different.

This door stop represents a very well known person in his day. Clues will be forthcoming if google image search does not work (as I have not tested it)!

 

[Dolphin]

Something a bit different.

This door stop represents a very well known person in his day. Clues will be forthcoming if google image search does not work (as I have not tested it)!

https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/img/member-images/158/1492843409_bust.jpg

Donald Trump. just joking,not Ozzy but resembles him. ]

 

[LONEWOLF]

Clive Palmer.....on a good day.. ]

LoneWolf...

 

[Mackka]

Piggy Muldoon.

 

[DrDuck]

None of those blokes. He was an Australian politician, though.

 

[goldtruck59]

was it George Yes/No Reid Doc?
Our stoutly ex Prime Minister?

GT

 

[aussiefarmer]

Harold holt

 

[LONEWOLF]

Joe Hockey....?

LW...

 

[aussiefarmer]

Bronwin bishop

 

[Rockhunter62]

Robert Menzies

 

[mardymoose]

As goldtruckx59 said
Sir George Houstoun Reid, GCB, GCMG, KC was a Scottish-born Australian politician, Premier of New South Wales and the fourth Prime Minister of Australia.