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Post by Barney » June 13, 2021, 10:43 am

Some may have noticed that today vegemite was introduced into Australia.
Just thought I’d share some of my favorite recipes and ways to enjoy this fantastic and unique condiment.
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ON THIS DAY – 14th June

1789 – Captain William Bligh, after being cast adrift following the mutiny on the 'Bounty', arrived at Timor.

1823 – Three ticket-of-leave convicts, Parsons, Pamphlett and Finnegan found the Brisbane River. Oxley wass later credited with the discovery.

1825 – Van Diemen's Land was separated administratively from New South Wales. It became fully independent in December.

1851 – Gold discovered at the Turon River, New South Wales, the diggings became the richest in New South Wales.

1883 – A rail service between Sydney and Melbourne commenced when the NSW and Victorian rail systems were joined at Albury.

1893 – Gold discovered at Kalgoorlie, Western Australia by Paddy Hannan and two others.

1940 – The Volunteer Defence Force, composed mainly of World War I veterans and based on the British Home Guard, was formed for home defence by the Returned Services League.

1943 – Forty American service personnel were killed in Australia's deadliest aviation disaster at Bakers Creek, Queensland.

1952 – For the only time in its history, the VFL plays matches for premiership points in country centres. Three other games were the first played interstate for premiership points since 1904 but flooding rains affected attendances and caused one game to be postponed and played under lights.

1952 – Disastrous floods in the southeast corner left 600 homeless and render a major rail line near Moss Vale unusable throughout the winter.

1968 – Pacifist Simon Townsend, future host of Simon Townsend's Wonder World, was granted exemption from military service after lodging a fifth appeal against his imprisonment and court martial for conscientious objection.

1983 – The Royal Australian Navy patrol boat HMAS Bendigo rescued British solo navigator, Peter Bird, as his boat was wrecked just 33 kilometres from Wreck Bay at the northern extremity of Queensland. Bird had crossed 9,000 kilometres of the Pacific Ocean in 294 days in a 10.6-metre rowing boat.

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William Bligh, Painted by J. Ruffell, royal painter to His Majesty and Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales and Duke of York; engraved by J. Condé - Bligh, William (1792) "Frontispiece" in A Voyage to the South Sea, Undertaken by Command of His Majesty, for the Purpose of Conveying the Bread-fruit Tree to the West Indies, in His Majesty's Ship the Bounty, commanded by Lieutenant William Bligh, London: George Nichol – Top Left
Panorama of Hobart ca. 1828 - watercolour drawings by Augustus Earle (SLNSW) – Top Right
Members of the VDC in 1942 before they were issued with uniforms (AWM) – Bottom
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ON THIS DAY – 15th June

1792 – Major Sir Thomas Livingston Mitchell, surveyor and explorer of south-eastern Australia, was born.
The beautiful Australian Major Mitchell cockatoo was named after him.

1862 – Frank Gardiner, Ben Hall and Johnny Gilbert bailed up the Lachlan Gold Escort in Eugowra Rocks near Forbes, New South Wales. This hold up is still considered to be the largest ever gold robbery in Australia's history.

1874 – Brisbane's first Victoria Bridge opened; it was lost in the 1893 Brisbane flood.

1909 – Representatives from England, Australia and South Africa meet at Lord's and formed the Imperial Cricket Conference.

1924 – Yallourn Power Station began operating in the Latrobe Valley, Victoria.

1947 – Major flooding in Tasmania.

1967 – ATV0 broadcasted the first colour television program in Australia when it televised the horse racing from Pakenham, Victoria.

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Portrait of Major Sir Thomas Livingstone Mitchell c. 1830s (Wiki) – Top Left
Portrait of Australian bushranger Frank Gardiner (SLV) – Top Right
Horse drawn tram at the northern end of the first permanent Victoria Bridge in Brisbane c. 1890 (John Oxley Library, SLQ) – Bottom
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ON THIS DAY – 16th June

1845 – Explorer Ludwig Leichhardt named the Mitchell River in north Queensland.

1869 – British officer and explorer, Charles Sturt died.

1906 – The town of Roma, Queensland became the first town in Australia to be lit and powered by natural gas, however the gas reserve only lasts ten days.

1950 – Butter rationing ended.

1976 – The Australia-Japan Treaty of Friendship was signed, confirming the important trade relations between the two nations.

1987 – Crazed German tourist Joseph Schwab, known as the "Kimberley killer", was shot dead in a shootout with Western Australia Police at Fitzroy Crossing. Schwab had already killed three people that day, and two others a week previously in the Northern Territory.

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Ludwig Leichhardt (1813–1848), by Friedrich August Schmalfuß, as copied by Elisabeth Wolf (Wiki) – Top Right
Captain Charles Sturt (South Australian History) – Top Left
Apparatus for separating natural gas from artesian water at the Roma Gas Works, Queensland, ca. 1906 (Queensland Pictures) – Bottom
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ON THIS DAY – 17th June

1867 – Henry Lawson, one of Australia's best-known writers, was born.

1891 – The Labor party first entered the New South Wales Legislative Assembly with 35 members elected.

1893 – Prospector Paddy Hannan filed a Reward Claim, announcing the discovery of gold at Kalgoorlie, Western Australia.

1932 – Politician, lawyer and author John Quick died. Sir John Quick LL.D. (14 April 1852 – 17 June 1932) was an Australian lawyer, politician and judge. He played a prominent role in the movement for Federation and the drafting of the Australian constitution, later writing several works on Australian constitutional law. He began his political career in the Victorian Legislative Assembly (1880–1889) and later won election to the House of Representatives at the first federal election in 1901. He served as Postmaster-General in the third Deakin Government (1909–1910). He lost his seat in 1913 and ended his public service as deputy president of the Commonwealth Court of Conciliation and Arbitration (1922–1930).

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Re: A little ray of sunshine from Australia

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One reason to leave Australia



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Post by noosard » June 18, 2021, 5:35 pm

The couple who fled Melbourne during the city’s lockdown and drove into Queensland before testing positive to Covid-19 have each been slapped with a $4000 fine.

The duo travelled through NSW and on to the Sunshine Coast earlier this month without a travel exemption, putting the state on high alert of a potentially deadly outbreak.

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Post by noosard » June 18, 2021, 5:37 pm

Man injured while attempting to flee hotel quarantine by jumping from balcony in Cairns
A Victorian man plunged from the balcony of a hotel quarantine facility in Queensland while trying to escape, health authorities have said.

The man will now be investigated and could be slapped with a hefty fine for failing to comply with Covid-19 health directives.

and so he should be

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Re: A little ray of sunshine from Australia

Post by Barney » June 19, 2021, 6:36 pm

ON THIS DAY – 19th June

1797 – Australian explorer Hamilton Hume was born at Parramatta, New South Wales.

1820 – Sir Joseph Banks, British naturalist and botanist on Cook's first voyage, died.

1910 – Mother's Day in Australia was first celebrated on 19th June 1910.

1941 – Lieutenant Roden Cutler, 2/5th Field Regiment, 7th Division, engaged in the first of a series of actions at Merdjayoun and in the Damour area, Lebanon for which he was awarded the Victoria Cross.

1946 – Hon. John Dedman introduced legislation to establish the Australian National University.

1969 – The Commonwealth Conciliation and Arbitration Commission ruled that equal pay for women doing the same work as men must be phased in by 1972.

1990 – Solomon Lew's luxury cruiser "Voyage Solo" erupted into flames at North Wharf.

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Hamilton Hume (Cooma Cottage) – Top Left
Joseph Banks [1743-1820] (Wiki) – Top Right
Mother’s Day (1936, May 9). The Australian Women’s Weekly (1933 – 1982), p. Front cover. – Bottom Left
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ON THIS DAY – 20th June

1790 – The Second Fleet arrived in Port Jackson with much needed supplies. It also carried 759 new convicts and the first detachment of the New South Wales Corps.

1802 – French commander Nicolas Baudin arrived in Port Jackson with his crew ill and his ship needing repairs.

1836 – Australian explorer Major Thomas Mitchell named Swan Hill.

1839 – A settlement was founded at Victor Harbor, South Australia.

1866 – Adelaide's Town Hall opened.

1904 – The P&O ship SS Australia was wrecked at the entrance to Port Phillip. There was no loss of life.

1927 – Film premiere of ‘For the Term of his Natural Life’.

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Sketch of Major Sir Thomas Mitchell (SLQ) – Bottom Left
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ON THIS DAY – 21st June

1845 – News of the discovery of a rich body of copper ore at Burra, South Australia was published in Adelaide newspapers.

1869 – The first telegram from Perth to Fremantle was sent in Western Australia.

1913 – HMAS Australia, commissioned at Portsmouth and sailed to Australia to become the Australian flagship.

1933 – Maude Bonney became the first woman to fly from Australia to England.

1938 – Bradman scores 101* in 77 minutes, Australia v Lancashire.

1954 – John Landy was the second man in the world to run a mile in under 4 minutes, setting a world record time of 3 mins 58 secs at Turku, Finland.

1966 – Federal ALP leader Arthur Calwell was injured in an assassination attempt by 19-year-old Peter Kocan.

1979 – Up to a million workers stopped work across the country to protest the arrest of unionists in Western Australia for addressing a public meeting without police permission. Public transport, industry and commercial services are thrown into disarray.

1982 – The Queensland Art Gallery within the Queensland Cultural Centre was opened. The cost had blown out from the original estimate of $10 million to $28 million.

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Aviatrix Maude 'Lores' Bonney boarding her Gypsy Moth at Charleville, ca. 1933 (Wiki) – Top Left
Ron Delaney and John Landy (right) at the 1956 Olympics (International News Photos) – Top Right
Calwell (centre) at the 1933 ALP Federal Conference in Sydney, along with Gordon Brown (left) and William Forgan Smith (NLA) – Bottom
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Re: A little ray of sunshine from Australia

Post by Laan Yaa Mo » June 21, 2021, 11:22 pm

Barney wrote:
June 13, 2021, 10:43 am
Some may have noticed that today vegemite was introduced into Australia.
Just thought I’d share some of my favorite recipes and ways to enjoy this fantastic and unique condiment.
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Vegemite looks like chocolate when spread on bread. Chocolate and peanut butter go well together. What ingredients make up vegemite?
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Re: A little ray of sunshine from Australia

Post by pipoz4444 » June 22, 2021, 1:14 am

Vegemite: Made from leftover brewers' yeast extract with various vegetable and spice additives.

Believe me, it tastes nothing like either Chocolate or Peanut Butter. It's hard to explain what it does taste like, but it is a a little bitter and slightly salty in taste. Personally, I spread it much thinner on the toast and not like the first or last picture, above. Lots of Vitamin B (B1, B2, B3 & B9) and mainly all Protein, no Fat, no Sugar and no Carbohydrates.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vegemite

There are several rudimentary copies. One is Marmite. Comparing the two is a bit like comparing Vegemite ( MotoGP) to Marmite (MotoGP 125). Then there is another poorer cousin "Promite" the equivalent to a Bicycle ? in my humble view. Then again, some people like the thrill of riding 125cc's and Bicycles [-( [-( :-k

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Re: A little ray of sunshine from Australia

Post by GT93 » June 22, 2021, 1:35 am

I see Mr. Family Values is back as Deputy PM. Has he remarried or is he still living in sin? Has he stopped sexually harassing women? Has he ceased trying to get some personal services from his staff? Australia deserves better. Good luck to the Liberals trying to arrive at some sensible climate change policies. They'll need it.
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Post by GT93 » June 22, 2021, 1:43 am

Niggly wrote:
June 17, 2021, 10:43 am
I quite like this

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Yes, that's very good. Delightfully Australian.
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Post by Barney » June 22, 2021, 5:05 am

ON THIS DAY – 22nd June

1869 – Prince Alfred College opened in Adelaide, South Australia.

1887 – The Fremantle Town Hall opened. The official opening coincided with the celebration of Queen Victoria's Jubilee and it was formally named by the mayor, Daniel Keen Congdon and the state governor, Sir Frederick Broome, as the Town and Jubilee Hall. - Murder of W. J. Snook - On 23 June 1887, a children's fancy dress ball was held in the Hall. The Town Supervisor, W. J. Snook, and two other men had some trouble in keeping a group of rowdy men out of the Hall. Amongst the group was the landlord of the National Hotel in High Street, William Conroy, who gatecrashed the supper just after midnight, as the Mayor was congratulating the stewards and officials on the "happy conclusion of the Jubilee". At 12.45am Conroy was seen in the entrance hall and soon after a shot was heard. Allegedly, Conroy had shot Snook because Snook would not let him in. Despite his injuries, Snook lived for three more months before dying in September. Conroy was convicted of the crime, becoming the last person to be hanged at Perth Gaol.

1897 – The second Victoria Bridge was opened in Brisbane by the Governor of Queensland, Lord Lamington. The previous bridge was destroyed by floodwaters.

1926 – The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) was founded, the precursor to today's CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation).

1938 – Poet C. J. Dennis died. Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis, better known as C. J. Dennis, (7 September 1876 – 22 June 1938) was an Australian poet known for his humorous poems, especially "The Songs of a Sentimental Bloke", published in the early 20th century. Though Dennis's work is less well known today, his 1915 publication of The Sentimental Bloke sold 65,000 copies in its first year, and by 1917 he was the most prosperous poet in Australian history.

1977 – The Uniting Church in Australia was formed following the union of the majority of Presbyterian, Methodist and Congregational Union churches in Australia.

1988 – Australia unveiled its first platinum coin (Koala).

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Prince Alfred College Waterhouse Wing (Prince Alfred College) – Top
C. J. Dennis, ca. 1890s (Wiki) – Middle
The obverse and reverse of the Platinum Koala [1991] (Wiki) – Bottom
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Post by jackspratt » June 22, 2021, 8:05 pm

I wonder if Barny's two young sons will share the beliefs of their coal hugging, climate denying, women harassing dad as they grow up in an ever heating up world.

I somehow doubt it. ;)

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Post by Laan Yaa Mo » June 22, 2021, 9:13 pm

Good ol' Dad. Usually the apple does not fall far from the tree. Anyway, it's their life, up to them. The father sounds like a lively sort of chap who can stand up to these young whippersnappers and tell them how it was in ancient times, in another world and another time.
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