More trivia?

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Originally Posted by DiscoMick

Origins of Australian place names?

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Most of them were from Scotland. Or Cornwall.

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Originally Posted by johntins

Most of them were from Scotland. Or Cornwall.

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I thought they copied us. [bighmmm]

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Originally Posted by V8Ian

Flinders

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Er no [bigwhistle] you'll have to do better than that [bighmmm]

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Originally Posted by V8Ian

I thought they copied us. [bighmmm]

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You'd know. I'm not old enough.

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Originally Posted by jerryd

Er no [bigwhistle] you'll have to do better than that [bighmmm]

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Hmm... If you'll allow horse drawn, then Swansea might fit the bill.

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Originally Posted by johntins

Hmm... If you'll allow horse drawn, then Swansea might fit the bill.

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And the correct answer is …… Birkenhead.



Name the only footballer to have played for Liverpool, Everton, Manchester City and Manchester United ??

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You'd know. I'm not old enough.

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YouTube

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Originally Posted by johntins

Most of them were from Scotland. Or Cornwall.

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Many are named after people those who named them were trying to impress e. g. Melbourne and Sydney.

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Ok, I'll bite.

What year did Lassiter claim to have discovered his reef of gold?

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1929 and 1930.

I cheated and Googled it.
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Ok, I'll bite.

What year did Lassiter claim to have discovered his reef of gold?

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Originally Posted by DiscoMick

1929 and 1930.

I cheated and Googled it.
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Thread diverge!!

I actually knew his son and grandson many years ago.
Bob Jr had a factory unit next to my dad's workshop.
He was a very good engineer.

They'd been out there many times looking and believed the reef did exist!