Australian History

[Manpa]

I'll have a crack at Balaclava Hill then.

 

[MegsyB007]

Hot! I was in the news recently after the discovery of a body in me.

 

[Manpa]

The old Balaclava open cut mine?

 

[MegsyB007]

You got it! Photos just don't show the extent of the work at this mine - it's awesome to stand there and see it! You can't fit it all in one photo... This is just the main part of it. And I can believe over one million pounds worth of gold was taken from it... Over to you mate!

 

[Manpa]

Who am I, born early 1830s in England before emigrating to Victoria, I was a pioneer in my two fields of expertise and interest.

 

[MegsyB007]

Alfred William Howitt?

 

[Manpa]

No, not Howitt.

I worked extensively throughout Qld.

 

[Manpa]

I have numerous places named after me.

 

[ChrisD]

Henry Kingsley? Novelist and Prospector.

 

[Manpa]

No sorry Chris D

Another clue, in addition too his two main interests he also became a pastoralist.

 

[MegsyB007]

Richard Daintree?

 

[Manpa]

Well done Megsy, over to you

 

[MegsyB007]

Who am I?

Born in England in 1808, I lived in India for 8 years and migrated to Sydney at age 30.
A philanthropist, I became a well known figure at the wharves, meeting every arriving immigration ship.

 

[7.62marksman]

Chisholm, Caroline (18081877)

Born Caroline Jones on May 10, 1808

https://www.encyclopedia.com/women/...nscripts-and-maps/chisholm-caroline-1808-1877

 

[MegsyB007]

Sorry for the delay - watching the footy GF.
Well done mate! Over to you!

 

[7.62marksman]

i am in NSW
they discovered gold in me in 1879

 

[Manpa]

Glen Innes NSW, 5 miles east of Mitchell Station?

 

[7.62marksman]

no mate sorry

a town was named after me
A public school was established in 1880

 

[madtuna]

1st question...

Who won the 2018 AFL grand final?

Hint....

It was a bird....and not a sh!tty little black and white pain in the bum swooping jobbie

 

[7.62marksman]