Sunday, June 3, 2012
Saturday, June 2, 2012
June Deux with finger lickin' goodness
You do realise I've had to scramble to hunt down all my resources again to restart this daily blathering?
Oh, shush your complaining, yes I am back to shovelling Aussie history down your gullets...think of it as a cultural snack for your brain.
Or not.
Although I shouldn't complain about the hunting; I've found new links, kicked the outdated dead 'uns to the kerb and I have several furbabies snuggled up beside me as I type this on my lap (and am learning the fishing secrets of Swamp People from the idiot box, cos you never know when I'll go fishing for alligator...).
Looking into my Crystal Ball I see that this day in 1846 was a Friday, possibly a tad chilly with mild fog and a smattering of rain, leaving the very first issue of The Argus newspaper a trifle damp in the arms of news boys dashing in and out from seemingly under the very wheels of carriages on the gritty streets of Batmania (aka Melbourne).
Back in the dim dark past of 1983 the Attorney-General Paul Landa met with reps from the Homosexual Law Reform Coalition on this day in Sydney who were lobbying for a Government homosexual law reform Bill.
In 1802 the original Rainbow Warrior, Aboriginal resistance fighter Pemulwuy, was shot and decapitated after fighting the British settlers from 1790 until his death; this is sometimes referred to this as Australia's oldest murder mystery.
Now, if you're reading this at the ungodly hour at which I've scheduled it think of moi snuggled up under the doona with the furbabies warming my toes...and I'll hope you're not too damp or cold.
An old stables out the back of a house at Beaufort.
Oh, shush your complaining, yes I am back to shovelling Aussie history down your gullets...think of it as a cultural snack for your brain.
Or not.
Although I shouldn't complain about the hunting; I've found new links, kicked the outdated dead 'uns to the kerb and I have several furbabies snuggled up beside me as I type this on my lap (and am learning the fishing secrets of Swamp People from the idiot box, cos you never know when I'll go fishing for alligator...).
Looking into my Crystal Ball I see that this day in 1846 was a Friday, possibly a tad chilly with mild fog and a smattering of rain, leaving the very first issue of The Argus newspaper a trifle damp in the arms of news boys dashing in and out from seemingly under the very wheels of carriages on the gritty streets of Batmania (aka Melbourne).
Back in the dim dark past of 1983 the Attorney-General Paul Landa met with reps from the Homosexual Law Reform Coalition on this day in Sydney who were lobbying for a Government homosexual law reform Bill.
In 1802 the original Rainbow Warrior, Aboriginal resistance fighter Pemulwuy, was shot and decapitated after fighting the British settlers from 1790 until his death; this is sometimes referred to this as Australia's oldest murder mystery.
Now, if you're reading this at the ungodly hour at which I've scheduled it think of moi snuggled up under the doona with the furbabies warming my toes...and I'll hope you're not too damp or cold.
An old stables out the back of a house at Beaufort.
Friday, June 1, 2012
June 1 White Rabbits, White Rabbits, White Rabbits
Here we go, here we go, here we go.....
Saddle up the trusty old nag, Tonto, we're ridin' the trail again.
Yes, I can do corny, quite well apparently.
Way back in 1836 the good folk of Victoria - before it was named as such - got together, had a knees up, passed the Dutchy from the lefthand side and threw together a defacto Government.
The following year, 1837 for those of you not paying attention, they started flogging off the first allotments of land.
Oh how I wish for a TARDIS...
And, finally, on this day in 1839 a report reached the Protector of Aborigines (sic) about the massacre that has since become known as the Campaspe Plains Massacre.
Historical place name lost in the mists of time...or down the back of the couch with the loose change -
Australia Felix.
No, not the entire Isle of Oz copped this title but only parts of the Western District of Victoria; meaning 'fortunate' or 'happy' this was where explorer Thomas Mitchell found his happy place.
Go click the red link and get your own happy on.
Saddle up the trusty old nag, Tonto, we're ridin' the trail again.
Yes, I can do corny, quite well apparently.
Way back in 1836 the good folk of Victoria - before it was named as such - got together, had a knees up, passed the Dutchy from the lefthand side and threw together a defacto Government.
The following year, 1837 for those of you not paying attention, they started flogging off the first allotments of land.
Oh how I wish for a TARDIS...
And, finally, on this day in 1839 a report reached the Protector of Aborigines (sic) about the massacre that has since become known as the Campaspe Plains Massacre.
Historical place name lost in the mists of time...or down the back of the couch with the loose change -
Australia Felix.
No, not the entire Isle of Oz copped this title but only parts of the Western District of Victoria; meaning 'fortunate' or 'happy' this was where explorer Thomas Mitchell found his happy place.
Go click the red link and get your own happy on.
Thursday, May 31, 2012
Looking back to May 31
See what happens when I get my dander up over Oz history being mangled to smithereens?
On this day in history....
1678 - The Lady Godiva procession began flashing through the streets of Coventry, the fore runner of every Saturday night in the local pubs....
1759 - Outraged by the dreadful ankles flashed about on stage the Province of Pennsylvania banned all theatre productions but the British Govt sensibly struck out the law.
1813 - Lawson, Blaxland and Wentworth reached Mount Blaxland which marked the end to their Sunday saunter across the Blue Mountains.
They were really trying to find Coventry to join the Lady Godiva parade...
On this day in history....
1678 - The Lady Godiva procession began flashing through the streets of Coventry, the fore runner of every Saturday night in the local pubs....
1759 - Outraged by the dreadful ankles flashed about on stage the Province of Pennsylvania banned all theatre productions but the British Govt sensibly struck out the law.
1813 - Lawson, Blaxland and Wentworth reached Mount Blaxland which marked the end to their Sunday saunter across the Blue Mountains.
They were really trying to find Coventry to join the Lady Godiva parade...
Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Australian History got rewritten yet again!
I has stirred myself to write this post after being laid prostrate upon the sofa in shock and grief.
Actually, I was trying to crochet a poncho but the damn cat wouldn't leave my yarn alone so I pulled my finger out.
The Feral Teen went off to an excursion into the Melbourne CBD today...then returned with such claptrap, garbage and waffle that I felt I should share it with you all.
Cos if I have to have this drivel driving me silly then so can you, dear reader.
You're welcome.
According to the guide the students had the Victorian goldrush only lasted 5 years.
Really?
5 years?
Then would she like to explain to all those blokes digging dirt, panning, sluicing, sweating, starving and crying themselves to sleep what they were really doing for all those years after 1856?
And why on earth those silly people founded towns and tracks to further goldfields when they, apparently, did not happen?!
So, got your noggin around that little Furphy?
Here's the next one - that all the gold was completely mined from the Victorian goldfields.
So, those going silly each weekend with their metal detectors and shouting drinks at local pubs when they find themselves a nugget or 2 should know better than to perpetuate that fib.
Another was that Batman misunderstood the name for the river, taking it to be "Yarra Yarra" (correct so far) except that the guide informed them that it actually means "hairy" in the Wurundjeri language.
Not correct.
And the last little gem...
The coat of arms of Melbourne was pointed out to them with the fact that gold is not depicted on it as "gold had no influence on Melbourne because it was already an established city".
No influence...?
Riiiight.
We shant mention the dozens and dozens of men who ran off to the diggings leaving businesses at a standstill bereft of labour, nor the scores of sailors who jumped ship which left gazillions of ships unable to proceed with trade, to deliver much needed goods all over the globe.
Nor should we point out that the gold escorts cobbled all the glittery stuff into the Gold Treasury (located in Melbourne but shhhh) which in turn required guards and public servants to do their bit before it was trundled off to England.
What about the gold all over the overly decorated ceiling in Parliament House in Spring St? According to their guide the gold came from the goldfields (*gasp* they must be wrong, surely?). How about the umpteen businesses, buildings, train lines, trams, trade, etc, that were created as a direct result from wealth gathered from the goldfields?
Nope, we must be mistaken, no influence whatsoever.
And they say home schooling is bad! *snort*
Actually, I was trying to crochet a poncho but the damn cat wouldn't leave my yarn alone so I pulled my finger out.
The Feral Teen went off to an excursion into the Melbourne CBD today...then returned with such claptrap, garbage and waffle that I felt I should share it with you all.
Cos if I have to have this drivel driving me silly then so can you, dear reader.
You're welcome.
According to the guide the students had the Victorian goldrush only lasted 5 years.
Really?
5 years?
Then would she like to explain to all those blokes digging dirt, panning, sluicing, sweating, starving and crying themselves to sleep what they were really doing for all those years after 1856?
And why on earth those silly people founded towns and tracks to further goldfields when they, apparently, did not happen?!
So, got your noggin around that little Furphy?
Here's the next one - that all the gold was completely mined from the Victorian goldfields.
So, those going silly each weekend with their metal detectors and shouting drinks at local pubs when they find themselves a nugget or 2 should know better than to perpetuate that fib.
Another was that Batman misunderstood the name for the river, taking it to be "Yarra Yarra" (correct so far) except that the guide informed them that it actually means "hairy" in the Wurundjeri language.
Not correct.
And the last little gem...
The coat of arms of Melbourne was pointed out to them with the fact that gold is not depicted on it as "gold had no influence on Melbourne because it was already an established city".
No influence...?
Riiiight.
We shant mention the dozens and dozens of men who ran off to the diggings leaving businesses at a standstill bereft of labour, nor the scores of sailors who jumped ship which left gazillions of ships unable to proceed with trade, to deliver much needed goods all over the globe.
Nor should we point out that the gold escorts cobbled all the glittery stuff into the Gold Treasury (located in Melbourne but shhhh) which in turn required guards and public servants to do their bit before it was trundled off to England.
What about the gold all over the overly decorated ceiling in Parliament House in Spring St? According to their guide the gold came from the goldfields (*gasp* they must be wrong, surely?). How about the umpteen businesses, buildings, train lines, trams, trade, etc, that were created as a direct result from wealth gathered from the goldfields?
Nope, we must be mistaken, no influence whatsoever.
And they say home schooling is bad! *snort*
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