Australian History

[xcvator]

Dig Tree ??? NFI O

 

[OzzieAu]

That would be The Bourke and Wills ..... Dig Tree I assume?
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burke_and_Wills_Dig_Tree
Another Aussie icon.

 

[RockRat]

That's the one, :money:
over to you

 

[OzzieAu]

Another Aussie icon....

Who am I?

I am a Member of The Order of Australia.
In my early life I worked as a stockman.

 

[Manpa]

RM Williams?

 

[shakergt]

That would have been my first guess Manpa but my guess is

Vincent Lingiari

he was award the order on the On 7 June 1976 and worked as a stockman at Wave Hill Cattle Station

 

[OzzieAu]

Very well done shaker.... u got it in one.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_Lingiari
Over to you.

 

[shakergt]

The stockman gave it away. This one is a who am I and what was I known for

I was born in Ireland and moved to New South Wales in the 1850's

 

[user 4386]

The stockman gave it away. This one is a who am I and what was I known for

I was born in Ireland and moved to New South Wales in the 1850's

You and a few ten thousand others (Victoria reached 75% Irish at one point in the 1850s)!

 

[shakergt]

I then moved to Queensland in 1863 and almost lost my life due to drought

 

[shakergt]

I continued around the country pegging claims to some 44,000 square kilometres

 

[RockRat]

James Venture Mulligan

 

[shakergt]

no but this person did do some mining in the Kimberly gold fields of Western Australia. I arrived in the Kimberly region in 1880's and set up home.

 

[xcvator]

Charles Hall

 

[shakergt]

The journey I took from Queensland to Western Australia is the longest of it's type ever recorded.

 

[xcvator]

Patsy Durack

 

[shakergt]

xcvator that is who I would be Patrick Durack . Pioneer of the cattle industry in Western Australia taking up the lease of Argyle Downs and Ivanhoe Station near Kununurra in the east Kimberly.

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

 

[MegsyB007]

Darn! I took too long trying to work out if it was Patsy or his brother 'Stumpy' Michael...

That was a good one shakergt - and well done xcvator.

A really interesting family - thanks for the good read!

 

[xcvator]

What and where am I ?

Christians desecrated me

 

[Manpa]

Wild stab, not sure if the miners were Christians, site was desecrated in 1968.
Desecration of the Weebo sacred site in central Western Australia through pegging of mineral claims eventually leads to the Western Australian Heritage Act being proclaimed in 1972.

Source: https://www.creativespirits.info/ab...inal-history-timeline-1900-1969#ixzz5ThwOIS00