Thread: OK short quiz.

Originally Posted by AndyG

My wild arse guess would General Douglas ****** MacArthur, who could give modesty lessons to Clive Palmer

You would like this, then, Bob
The Peace Generation

I felt I had to post this, Bob


The town of Terowie was once a bustling village of about 2500 residents and existed for that peculiar form of Australian economy whereby there was a "break of gauge" in the railway. Passengers and goods travelling North from Adelaide on the "Irish" broad gauge (5' 3") had to change to trains on the narrow gauge (3' 6"). With the railways all gone, it is now almost a ghost town.

But in March 1942, General Douglas MacArthur, his wife and son as well as some entourage were to change trains. He had left the Philippines in a patrol boat, then undertaken a flight to just south of Darwin, Australia, and then another flight to Alice Springs, close to the centre of the Australian continent, then, as now, quite remote from major civilization. He then took the narrow gauge train from Alice Springs through to Terowie, a journey of 60 hours. At Terowie he changed to a broad gauge train for the journey to Adelaide and then Melbourne where the Pacific War would be planned.

At 2pm on 20th March 1942, in meeting Australian media and being assured his words would reverberate around the world, he was to utter those immortal words "I SHALL RETURN".

There to my memory is still a Humpybong state school and a Humpybong creek the creek flows under a section of Anzac Ave at Redcliffe Qld.

Originally Posted by UncleHo

There to my memory is still a Humpybong state school and a Humpybong creek the creek flows under a section of Anzac Ave at Redcliffe Qld.

Correct. A mate of mine retired recently from Humpybong school. Next time you are in Redcliffe, visit the Redcliffe museum, Anzac Av. They have a history walk , of sorts, taking in places that date back to the first settlement. [ in some, you have to use your imagination,] Bob

Still on Redcliffe, who was the European who gave the area the name " red cliff point?" Bob

Originally Posted by bob10

Still on Redcliffe, who was the European who gave the area the name " red cliff point?" Bob

Captain Jim.

At which railway station did a politician get killed during a shootout?
(close to being our first political assassination)

and When did it occur (closest decade will do?)

(I'll give you a hint, it was a NSW politician but should you trust my hint?? )

With the talk of Alice Springs being originally called Stuart Town, what is the original name of the current Stuart Town (NSW)?

Tom.