Australian History

[manfromironbark]

90 mile straight

 

[Ward69]

90 mile straight

Perfect. All yours

 

[manfromironbark]

Who am I and what did I develop/invent?

Born in Ireland and lived in NSW, I revolutionised an industry

 

[Gilly47]

woolsley sheep shearing machinery

 

[manfromironbark]

Way, way too quick - you are correct!

 

[Gilly47]

same man famous for another icon

 

[user 4386]

The Austin Wolseley?

 

[Gilly47]

yes. over to U

ray

 

[user 4386]

A famous Australian tried 3 times (including for murder) and acquitted each time on technicalities.

 

[user 4386]

An explorer

 

[user 4386]

His conviction for murder was supported by John Stuart Mill (influential classical liberal, who supported the freedom of the individual in opposition to unlimited state and social control) , Charles Darwin (the evolutionist) and Charles Lyell (geologist - Mt Lyell in Tasmania and Lyell in NZ are named after him). It was opposed by Charles Dickens (the writer) and Alfred Tennyson (poet - The Charge of the Light Brigade).

 

[Manpa]

Charles Lyell, geologist.?

 

[user 4386]

Charles Lyell, geologist.?

No. as I mentioned, his conviction was supported by Charles Lyell.
There are Australian localities and landmarks named after him. He was Lieutenant-Governor of New Zealand.

 

[user 4386]

He was then appointed lieutenant-governor of various islands in the West Indies, the last as governor-in-chief of Jamaica.

 

[Manpa]

Sir Richard Graves MacDonnell?

 

[user 4386]

No. His mate was murdered during his most famous Australian expedition (although there is one aboriginal claim that he actually murdered his drunken mate in a rage and blamed it on aborigines).

 

[user 4386]

He declared martial law to halt riots. His armed forces began an orgy of reprisals that led to the killing or executing of 608 persons, the flogging of 600, and the burning of 1000 dwellings. He also executed a colonial member of the Assembly not actually involved in the rebellion, who had opposed him politically. He turned Jamaica into a colony, and in the final days of the legislature prior to it becoming a colony, he passed an Act of Indemnity that exonerated him and others involved in the reprisals.

He was denounced as a murderer and a monster of cruelty in England, and was relieved of his governorship and recalled to England, where proceedings for murder, assault and false imprisonment were brought against him three times. All were dismissed on technicalities (e.g. conflict in the application of international law). He died of old age in England on a government pension.

He is one of Australia's well-known and important explorers.

 

[Manpa]

Edward John Eyre?

 

[user 4386]

That is correct - over to you

 

[Manpa]

Thanks Goldierocks

I was a first for Australia in 1904.