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These stories are little known nowadays but they are OUR history and that's what matters. Lest we forget!
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These stories are little known nowadays but they are OUR history and that's what matters. Lest we forget!
Throw another one at us BC. Dr Duck says he's busy 
Probably a bit too easy, but here goes:
What was the unfortunate result of an early attempt to set up a pigment industry in Australia?
What was the unfortunate result of an early attempt to set up a pigment industry in Australia?
It hosted an insect.
Cochineal, they brought out prickly pear for food for this insect and it got loose
The Duck gets it. Prickly pear came out with the First Fleet in an attempt to establish the use of Cochineal beetle as a source of dye. Ironically, another insect that lives on the pear was successfully introduced to control it.
The Cochineal beetle was not a success, but by the 20th century, prickly pear was a serious pest. By the year 1920, prickly pear (mainly Opuntia stricta spp.) infested 58 million acres (23 million hectares) of land in New South Wales and Queensland. It was spreading at an alarming rate of 1 million acres a year when the cactoblastis insect was first released (in 1926). Within six (6) years most of the original pear had been destroyed.
The Cochineal beetle was not a success, but by the 20th century, prickly pear was a serious pest. By the year 1920, prickly pear (mainly Opuntia stricta spp.) infested 58 million acres (23 million hectares) of land in New South Wales and Queensland. It was spreading at an alarming rate of 1 million acres a year when the cactoblastis insect was first released (in 1926). Within six (6) years most of the original pear had been destroyed.
What was the name of the game that AFL was based on
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Paul
Gaelic football
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Paul
Marn Grook
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Paul
One or the other or both
Depending on who you believe, either the Aboriginal game Marn Grook, or the ancestor of Gaelic Football, Caid.
Beat me by that much... HB
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Paul
this time , but may not be right
you are as always HB marn grook
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What is special about the tree Eucalyptus regnans (mountain ash) ?
The tallest flowering plant.
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yar , yoo turn
what is our smallest killer called in australia thats not an insect
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