Australian History

[reefer]

no flies on you Chris...yeah easy peasy one ..not well thought out by me as i inherited the throne ...briefly Go for it mate.

 

[DrDuck]

Thanks Reefer,

Why don't you have another go, as I will be out of service tomorrow at Oallen having a birthday dig, and for the rest of the week I'll be on the road working in Sydney, so my ability to monitor the forum will be limited.

Regards

Doc.

 

[reefer]

oh..this might be my best week on here. thanks Chris.... i'll be back when i figure one out.

 

[reefer]

'The night too quickly passes
And we are growing old'...are words from what by whom?....

 

[Balmain Bob]

That would be from the poem, The Raring Days, by Henry Lawson

http://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poets/lawson-henry/the-roaring-days-0002004

cheers

Bob

 

[reefer]

good on yer mate..over to you

 

[Balmain Bob]

Thanks Reefer, but actually it should be The Roaring Days. I missed the o

I will be back latter with a question

 

[Balmain Bob]

This was first took place in Victoria and South Australia in the mid 1850's and was adopted by all the other states of Australia by the mid 1890's.

 

[reefer]

aahh... just off the top of me head...Labour Day?

 

[Balmain Bob]

No Mate not Labour Day

 

[Magilla]

Introduction of the secret ballot?

 

[reefer]

aahhh.??....how about 8hour working day

 

[Balmain Bob]

+Well done Magilla

The secret ballot was introduced for the first time into South Australia and Victoria in 1856 and to the rest of Australia or the colonies as it was then by 1895. The system spread to Europe and the US

http://www.britannica.com/topic/Australian-ballot

Over to you Magilla

 

[PabloP]

Dam, late and wrong.

 

[Magilla]

+Well done Magilla

The secret ballot was introduced for the first time into South Australia and Victoria in 1856 and to the rest of Australia or the colonies as it was then by 1895. The system spread to Europe and the US

http://www.britannica.com/topic/Australian-ballot

Over to you Magilla

Can't really take the credit for this one, we have our son and family here for a couple of weeks so I put the question to him. He has an IQ in the stratosphere, took him about 30 seconds to find the answer. He also stated that it was in fact Tasmania that had the secret vote before any mainland states, something that some history books have wrong.

Finding a question is getting very hard.

How about an early Australian settlement where all that remains are a few headstones and some old cannons?

 

[Dave law]

Newcastle at night. lol.

 

[Magilla]

Newcastle at night. lol.

I can see where that would fit.

This settlement was established by an early Scottish explorer.

 

[Magilla]

The Scottish explorer was the Police Magistrate and Gold Commissioner for Rockhampton at one time.

 

[Gold(en) Retriever]

The Holterman Nugget?

GR

 

[Gold(en) Retriever]

Sorry, lost the plot and answered an early post :8

GR