Australian History

[Manpa]

Who and what was I?
I have an early life mining background.
I emigrated from Scotland in the 1880s

 

[Manpa]

Who and what was I?
I have an early life mining background.
I emigrated from Scotland in the 1880s
I was a union secretary at age 17

 

[xcvator]

Are you sure he came from Scotland and not Ireland ?

 

[xcvator]

Andrew Fisher, Australian prime minister

 

[Rockhunter62]

http://www.naa.gov.au/collection/fact-sheets/fs214.aspx

Andrew Fisher, defeated him.

Fisher was born in the Ayrshire mining village of Crosshouse. His father had been a union activist, and at seventeen Fisher was made secretary of the Crosshouse branch of the Ayrshire Miners Union. In 1881 he was sacked from his job for participating in Keir Hardies ten-week miners strike, and 1885 was placed on an employers blacklist. A short while later, he and his brother emigrated to Queensland. Fisher found work in the mines near Gympie, and became involved in community organisations, including becoming branch president of the local Amalgamated Miners Association; in 1890 he was again fired for leading a strike.

Well that's my guess.

Cheers

Doug

 

[Manpa]

Xcvator, winner ,winner.

Sorry Rockhunter he got you by 2 mins

Over to you Xc

 

[Rockhunter62]

Xcvator, winner ,winner.

Sorry Rockhunter he got you by 2 mins

Over to you Xc

Yeh, that's what happens when you double check the info.

Cheers

Doug

 

[xcvator]

Hey, Rockhunter62, do you want to have a go, Manpa makes it too easy ] :lol: :lol:

 

[Manpa]

Hey, Rockhunter62, do you want to have a go, Manpa makes it too easy ] :lol: :lol:

Quick games a good game!

You buggers answer two minutes apart, might need to ask for samples to check you blokes aren't using performance enhancing drugs. :lol: :lol: :lol:

 

[OzzieAu]

we play fair Manpa.

 

[xcvator]

we play fair Manpa.

Speak for yourself :lol: :lol:

 

[Rockhunter62]

Hey, Rockhunter62, do you want to have a go, Manpa makes it too easy ] :lol: :lol:

You got it fair and square xcvator, go for it, I'm still at work anyway.

Cheers

Doug

 

[xcvator]

Where and when ?
blazing tar barrels were rolled down a street

 

[Manpa]

The Birth of Victoria July 1st 1857, barrels of blazing tar rolled down Collins St Hill in Melbourne in celebration.

 

[xcvator]

close, but no cigar :lol:

 

[Manpa]

Palmerin-sircet Warwick Qld May 1888

 

[xcvator]

Getting colder the further north you go

 

[Manpa]

June 9 1876, George St Sydney, Thomas Mills was the alleged offender

 

[xcvator]

Further south

 

[OzzieAu]

Jubilee Day celebrations, Launceston 1853.