Australian History

[Manpa]

Willie Grantham Hill?

 

[xcvator]

Took you a while there mate :Y:

Some very interesting reading, it'll take you a couple of hours

http://www.chapelhill.homeip.net/Fa...hePalmerRiverGoldfieldEarlyDayExperiences.htm

http://www.chapelhill.homeip.net/FamilyHistory/Other/QueenslandHistory/HillsReminiscences.htm

your turn Manpa

 

[Manpa]

Yes that one did take a while, got there in the end though.

What am I, I came to Aust in the early 1700s.

 

[Manpa]

What am I, I came in to Australia in the early 1700s

I came in via northern australia

 

[xcvator]

water buffalo

 

[Manpa]

Nope xcvator.

What am I, I came in to Australia in the early 1700s

I came in via northern australia

I was bought in by Indonesian fishermen

 

[xcvator]

Trepang and trade

 

[Manpa]

xcvator, not trepang but certainly a trade

What am I, I came to Australia in the early 1700s

I came in via northern Australia

I was bought in by Indonesian fisherman

I was cultivated for 136 years

 

[reefer]

Aaaa....marijuana Australiana!...cheaper than booze...safer than pills!...makes you feel ..like...Frank Sinatra!..so the song goes! ]

 

[xcvator]

opium

 

[Manpa]

Reefer by name, reefer by nature but not the wacky weed, sorry.

 

[Rockhunter62]

How about tobacco?

Cheers

Doug

 

[Manpa]

Rockhunter 62, spot on.

Over to you

 

[Rockhunter62]

Thanks Manpa, I'll get back with a question sometime today.

Cheers

Doug

 

[Rockhunter62]

Ok folks we'll give this one a go.

"Who am I, I once won a foot race in 13.4 seconds?"

Cheers

Doug

 

[Flowerpot]

William H Fox ?

 

[OzzieAu]

William H Fox... Crusaders batter who ran the diamond in world record time in 1897
But wait thats Yank history

 

[OzzieAu]

Dead heat flowerpot

 

[Flowerpot]

Hey yeah Oz heheh, great minds an all that...
you can have it if it's the right answer, you've given more info. It is yank history tho, can't be right, can it?

 

[OzzieAu]

Great minds.... thanks to mr. Google haha