Australian History

[Ramjet]

Still have family out there. Not been out in a few years. Still will have access to some awesome sites thru family etc.
Family name still a big thing out that way.
My uncles have land and we are a.. prominent family with long history in the area.
Sounds better the more I think on it.
Many many old farms, railway stations, pubs etc etc to explore.

 

[headbut]

Thats cool RR , do it !!

 

[Ramjet]

Your maps look ok but I know where they are on the ground... good fishing on Duck Creek.
Been out there many times, just not with a detector.

 

[Ramjet]

Boss lady says you taking to much of my time. Lol
Nite.

 

[headbut]

BHAH . Night

 

[Ramjet]

She didn't really but... better looking than you lot

 

[headbut]

You got me again

 

[headbut]

How much was the Australian Holey Dollar worth, as in face value, for both pieces & why was it made as such

 

[headbut]

On 1st may 1913 Judith Denman , daughter of the Governor General Lorf Denman was presented something by Prime Minister Andrew Fisher. What was it ?

 

[Pr2cv]

She was presented with the first Australian Banknote serial #M000001


Good old google

 

[Ramjet]

2 questions HB?

The holey dollar was made because of a shortage of currency in the colony.

Governor Lachlan Macquarie authorised the issue of the colonys own currency. To overcome this shortage of coins, he took the initiative of using 10,000 in Spanish dollars (40,000 total) sent by the British government to produce suitable coins. Governor Macquarie had a convicted forger named William Henshall cut the centers out of the coins and counter stamp them. The central plug (known as a "dump") was valued at 15 pence (i.e., 1 shilling, 3 pence, or 1s 3d), and was restruck with a new design (a crown on the obverse, the denomination on the reverse), whilst the holey dollar received an overstamp around the hole ("New South Wales 1813" on the obverse, "Five Shillings" on the reverse).

 

[headbut]

Oops , yes I forgot about the Holey Dollar question , both correct , you both can have a go

 

[Ramjet]

Where am I? I had sixty airfields and thirty-five hospitals and a hundred thousand American troops.
Nothing here now.

 

[Pr2cv]

North queensland

 

[Ramjet]

Not north Q land Pete.
Your turn for a question too.
It is a general area, not 1 specific place. Like north queensland.
I guess ya don't get that many airfields in one spot
I see the Perth mint has silver holey dollars too.

 

[Pr2cv]

Northern Australia .NQ ,NT,WA.

 

[Pr2cv]

What did the Port Jackson & Manly ferry SOUTH. STEYNE built by Robb's in Louth Scotland & the jewel of the White Star Line RMS TITANIC built in Belfast. Northern Ireland, both steamships, have in common?

 

[Ramjet]

That's a little vague Pete.
Only in one state or territory

 

[Ramjet]

I found 2 answers.
1 both built by same company... not true I think.
2 South Steyne's engine was built by the company that built Titanic?

 

[Pr2cv]

2 is correct both engines built by. Harland & Wolfe .Haarland & Wolfe did take over the Scottish yard but not until after the South Steyne had been built

I worked aboard the South Steyne in Newcastle& that triple expansion engine was as quiet .You could stand alongside it and talk at a normal level .
Just a hiss & rumble & the smell was Devine. She was converted to oil firing which ended up its demise for going to sea, just too expensive to operate.
The chief engineer was in his eighties and really love that engine
Ii doubt there would be anyone capable of operating her today. The ship does have a heritage order on it but wether she will ever steam again seems doubtful.considering she was converted to oil from coal.
The amazing thing was to see the engine going flat out & to get a an order on the telegraph for all ahead reverse
Where the simple change of the valve gear put the engine into the opposite rotation instantaneously .
The torque must have been tremendous