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    Quote Originally Posted by DiscoMick View Post
    Origins of Australian place names?
    Most of them were from Scotland. Or Cornwall.
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    Quote Originally Posted by johntins View Post
    Most of them were from Scotland. Or Cornwall.
    I thought they copied us.
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    Quote Originally Posted by V8Ian View Post
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    Er no you'll have to do better than that

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    Quote Originally Posted by V8Ian View Post
    I thought they copied us.
    You'd know. I'm not old enough.
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    Quote Originally Posted by jerryd View Post
    Er no you'll have to do better than that
    Hmm... If you'll allow horse drawn, then Swansea might fit the bill.
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    Quote Originally Posted by johntins View Post
    Hmm... If you'll allow horse drawn, then Swansea might fit the bill.
    And the correct answer is …… Birkenhead.



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    Quote Originally Posted by johntins View Post
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    Quote Originally Posted by johntins View Post
    Most of them were from Scotland. Or Cornwall.
    Many are named after people those who named them were trying to impress e. g. Melbourne and Sydney.

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    Quote Originally Posted by johntins View Post
    Ok, I'll bite.

    What year did Lassiter claim to have discovered his reef of gold?
    1929 and 1930.

    I cheated and Googled it.
    More trivia?

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    Quote Originally Posted by johntins View Post
    Ok, I'll bite.

    What year did Lassiter claim to have discovered his reef of gold?
    Quote Originally Posted by DiscoMick View Post
    1929 and 1930.

    I cheated and Googled it.
    More trivia?
    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!

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