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18 Nov 06 - 08:25 AM (#1887553) Subject: what has the Australiansdone for us? From: Tom Hamilton frae Saltcoats Scotland What has the Australians ever done for us, apart from Surfing, and the Black box what else. I must say I have famliy in Australia. |
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18 Nov 06 - 08:31 AM (#1887557) Subject: RE: what has the Australiansdone for us? From: Mr Happy Rolf Harris? |
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18 Nov 06 - 08:34 AM (#1887562) Subject: RE: what has the Australiansdone for us? From: Emma B you are joking? |
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18 Nov 06 - 08:41 AM (#1887571) Subject: RE: what has the Australiansdone for us? From: jimmyt perhaps clarifying when to use "have" and when to use "has?" |
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18 Nov 06 - 08:48 AM (#1887575) Subject: RE: what has the Australiansdone for us? From: JennyO And when to put a thread in the BS section. Bit of a slow day is it, Tom? What was your purpose in starting this thread, if not to annoy a few Oz catters? Obviously we've done plenty. But I'll let others enlighten you. Right now it's time for bed. Jenny (an Australian) |
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18 Nov 06 - 09:13 AM (#1887600) Subject: RE: what has the Australiansdone for us? From: Richard Bridge Rupert Murdoch. Alan Bond. The Silver Bodgie. But there are probably some honest ones too. |
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18 Nov 06 - 09:17 AM (#1887603) Subject: RE: what has the Australiansdone for us? From: artbrooks Australia has brought us many wonderful things. Among them are are: Sandra from Sidney Freda Underhill JennyO Foolstroupe Of course, there is also Vegemite...... |
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18 Nov 06 - 09:21 AM (#1887605) Subject: RE: what has the Australiansdone for us? From: Emma B and of course the wonderful paintings of catter hilda fish! |
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18 Nov 06 - 09:51 AM (#1887619) Subject: RE: what has the Australiansdone for us? From: johnadams Just to bring it on topic...... The Bushwackers & Bullockies Band Eric Bogle Traditional music resources via the organisation with my most favourite name.... Wongawilli publishing under the name of Carrawobbity Press John Meredith's research Trad tunes and songs from.... Joe Cashmere Ebb Wren Bert Jamieson Harry Shaefer Ma Seal The Baulch Brothers Angus Cameron Arthur Bowley Charlie Bachelor and the most wonderful Sally Sloane!!!!!!! Flying out to Adelaide on Christmas Day and thence to Melbourne! Looking forward to some sessions and sunshine!! Johnny Adams |
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18 Nov 06 - 10:01 AM (#1887623) Subject: RE: what has the Australiansdone for us? From: catspaw49 I can't believe I'm agreeing with Richard Bridge on something.....sorta' Among the great things I love about Oz is the contribution to sailing many of which were brought to us through the money and efforts of Alan Bond. Indirectly he brought to the world stage the talents of Ben Lexcen (Bob Miller), Ken Beashall, Tom Schnackenberg, John Bertrand, and a host of others. Bertrand and crew aboard Aussie II gave us a lesson in what belief can accomplish. And of course, where would the world be without Vegemite? I'll tell you. We'd be stuck with only Marmite, that's where! Unlike most, I like both of them but Vegemite is my preference. Tell ya' something else I'd miss......Bugsy, Jenny, Helen, Alan, Stewie, Bob, Foolestroupe, and all of those wonderful Aussie 'Catters. And my car!!! Man, I love our Australian car! The Mitsubishi Diamante was built in Adelaide and was one of those "best kept secrets" in the auto industry. Known as the Verada in Oz, these cars were imported directly to the US for only a dozen or so years but they are just wonderful. Powerful, reliable, luxurious, with excellent handling, they are one of the ultimate "wolf in sheep's clothing" cars. Hellfire Man....How could anyone not love Oz? Tom, I think you must be having a bad day even for a broke-dick fanook like yourself. Spaw |
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18 Nov 06 - 10:05 AM (#1887627) Subject: RE: what has the Australiansdone for us? From: HipflaskAndy Yep, what IS this thread doing in this (the music related) section? Ah well... I've good mates in Oz, and dreams of touring there one day ...so I'll add a bit anyway... They've just shown 'Great Britain' how to play rugby league properly - again! (10am our time, this morning). Only consolation for me is that the Leeds players present played reasonably well (and scored tries!)... and the Cricket Tests v the Oz are due to start shortly... eek! Where's the corkscrew? I'm going to have a few glasses of Wyndham Estate, Bin 555, 2004 Shiraz tonight to drown m' sorrows - lovely stuff! Must look up where it comes from.... Byeeee - Hic..... HFA |
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18 Nov 06 - 10:13 AM (#1887633) Subject: RE: what has the Australiansdone for us? From: Greg B They were taken from their homes and transported to a foreign land for the most minor of offences. I think we owe them reparations. :-) |
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18 Nov 06 - 10:20 AM (#1887637) Subject: RE: what has the Australiansdone for us? From: MBSLynne Well my gt gt gt uncle was transported to Van Diemen's Land when he was 15 for stealing a hankie (though it was his third offence) He came from a fairly poor area and would probably not have amounted to much in London. In Australia he served an apprenticeship while he was doing his sentence. Once he got his free ticket he went to Victoria and started in business ending up a pillar of the community with several shops and a wealthy man. Reparation he didn't need! Love Lynne |
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18 Nov 06 - 11:10 AM (#1887651) Subject: RE: what has the Australiansdone for us? From: Bob the Postman We would all be poorer if we lived in a world devoid of lagerphones. (Note photo credit to Bob Bolton) |
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18 Nov 06 - 11:17 AM (#1887656) Subject: RE: what has the Australiansdone for us? From: johnadams And some people would be soberer if they didn't have to get the tops off the bottles to make the things! Good link! |
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18 Nov 06 - 11:22 AM (#1887659) Subject: RE: what has the Australiansdone for us? From: Midchuck Invented a glorious variety of different terms for "to vomit." Peter. |
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18 Nov 06 - 11:54 AM (#1887684) Subject: RE: what has the Australiansdone for us? From: Linda Kelly er excuse me-what about kylie??? woman's a saint! |
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18 Nov 06 - 12:16 PM (#1887703) Subject: RE: what has the Australiansdone for us? From: GUEST,Roger Knowles Slim Dusty!! |
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18 Nov 06 - 12:24 PM (#1887708) Subject: RE: what has the Australiansdone for us? From: bobad Australian rules football. |
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18 Nov 06 - 01:18 PM (#1887740) Subject: RE: what has the Australiansdone for us? From: GUEST,mozartspony Us > ? Once past the equator, everything is upside down. That's not a bad thing; gives a perspective of what the other half of the world looks like and what its doing. Besides the water swirls down the drain in the opposite direction. Makes for a very interesting world and the science goes crazy. Cool! place is Aus. even though I've never been there in real life. It takes 26 hours to get there from here. and that's travelling like stink. egads. We go topsy-turvy. Fun, fun. . All good, bless Aus. regards |
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18 Nov 06 - 02:22 PM (#1887788) Subject: RE: what has the Australiansdone for us? From: ard mhacha They kept our leg-iron and chain manufacturers in work during those black old days in the 19th century, not forgetting our sailors,well someone had to deliver them. |
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18 Nov 06 - 02:54 PM (#1887811) Subject: RE: what has the Australiansdone for us? From: Bill D just a small sample |
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18 Nov 06 - 03:09 PM (#1887820) Subject: RE: what has the Australiansdone for us? From: Big Al Whittle Flying Doctor.... from the age of steam radio! All the characters names ended in 'y' snowy, and bluey and suchlike. And it gave rise to the immortal catchphrase Wolumbula Base ter Flyin doctor....! I tell you, the excitement was intense. |
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18 Nov 06 - 03:40 PM (#1887841) Subject: RE: what has the Australiansdone for us? From: McGrath of Harlow No one's mentioned Kath and Kim. ................................. One of my great great grandfathers was supposed to have been transported to Australia for shooting a bailiff, and then came back home to Ireland a few years later as a local hero. But a cousin's being looking into it, and he couldn't find the name in the records, and there's a nasty suspicion he might not have been transported after all. But we're trying to keep the ugly rumour quiet. ................................... Lots of great songs, both old and new. (Including the ones emigrants like Eric Bogle or Enda Kenny probably wouldn't have written if they hadn't gone out there to live and become Australians.) |
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18 Nov 06 - 04:17 PM (#1887861) Subject: RE: what has the Australiansdone for us? From: Helen HipflaskAndy, Bin 555 is one of my favourites and is made just "up the road" from here, i.e about 20 miles into the Hunter Valley. (I live in Newcastle, NSW, but was born & raised further up the valley.) There are lots of good wines coming out of the valley. It's one of the major wine regions of Oz. You should come out & visit some time. And we have contributed our whacky, irreverent, self-mocking sense of humour, e.g. Dame Edna Everage. Then there was Peter Brock, car racing wiz now deceased, and that other bloke who followed his example and kicked the bucket the same week. Too much to mention, really. :-) Helen |
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18 Nov 06 - 04:24 PM (#1887869) Subject: RE: what has the Australiansdone for us? From: bfdk The concept of "Mateship". The wonderful TV series "Against the Wind". Eric Bogle & John Munro Colcannon Judy Small A lot of the beautiful songs that Martyn Wyndham-Read sings The Bushwackers & Bullockies Band Bloodwood Wongawilli Redgum Jon English The Borderers And I'm sure I've forgotten a few that also merit mention.. Best wishes, Bente |
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18 Nov 06 - 04:26 PM (#1887871) Subject: RE: what has the Australiansdone for us? From: Joybell Me! Me! Me! |
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18 Nov 06 - 04:37 PM (#1887876) Subject: RE: what has the Australiansdone for us? From: John MacKenzie The lovely Dr Pam! |
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18 Nov 06 - 05:08 PM (#1887900) Subject: RE: what has the Australiansdone for us? From: McGrath of Harlow I seem to remember that when we've had threads like this in the past they've tended to be fairly heavily loaded with knocking comments about the countries involved. Interesting that in the case of Australia the posts seems to be overwhelmingly favourable. Someone did mention Murdoch, but he has given up being an Australian and taken American citizenship. And I'm sure most Australians would say they are welcome to him. |
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18 Nov 06 - 05:19 PM (#1887907) Subject: RE: what has the Australiansdone for us? From: JennieG And me too!!!!! Double place names like: Woy Woy Wagga Wagga Grong Grong Bong Bong and many others....... Helen - my favourite drop comes from near Broke, Krinklewood Verdelho - have you tried it? You can get it at the Broke general store, and the winery is on the Wollombi Road. I have several ancestors resting in the Wollombi Cemetery, so say g'day as you pass. Cheers JennieG |
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18 Nov 06 - 05:22 PM (#1887911) Subject: RE: what has the Australiansdone for us? From: Barry Finn "What has the Australians ever done for us" They've kept, Tom Hamilton, the original poster from coming back to this thread. Barry |
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18 Nov 06 - 05:28 PM (#1887914) Subject: RE: what has the Australiansdone for us? From: Linda Kelly what's that Skippy, two men have fallen down a mine shaft.......... |
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18 Nov 06 - 05:38 PM (#1887916) Subject: RE: what has the Australiansdone for us? From: McGrath of Harlow The Bloomin' Onion A great recipe. We had one yesterday. |
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18 Nov 06 - 05:49 PM (#1887920) Subject: RE: what has the Australiansdone for us? From: Helen I haven't tried that one yet, JennieG. I'll look out for it. My favourite type of wine for hot summer days is Semillon. Tangy with lots of flavour. Perfect with fresh foods like salads etc. Verdelho is good, but Semillon is better, IMHO. McGrath of H, it's pretty difficult to wind up an Aussie because we enjoy laughing at ourselves too much. It's the national pastime. And another v. humourous thing is unloading people like Kylie & Rupert & Rolf on the rest of the world. (Actually, I like Rolf. He's a very talented man, and as a kid his shows were very clever and entertaining. I like his programme - recently aired in Oz - called Star Portraits, where he organised 3 artists per show to simultaneously paint a famous person and then you could watch them at work, and then look at the 3 different styles of the final products. A very interesting way to see art in action.) Helen |
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18 Nov 06 - 05:52 PM (#1887922) Subject: RE: what has the Australiansdone for us? From: Helen I meant me being a kid, not Rolf. |
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18 Nov 06 - 06:06 PM (#1887928) Subject: RE: what has the Australiansdone for us? From: John O'L Rolf pioneered 'infotainment' decades before it was invented, and speaking of infotainment we also gave the world HG Nelson and Rampaging Roy Slaven, Olympic commentators second to none. |
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18 Nov 06 - 06:13 PM (#1887937) Subject: RE: what has the Australiansdone for us? From: Ebbie Tony Prater, Shepperton Claire Fordyke, Melbourne Enough reasons for me to love Australia right there. And the Mudcat would be the poorer without our lovely 'Stralians. |
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18 Nov 06 - 06:21 PM (#1887942) Subject: RE: what has the Australiansdone for us? From: McGrath of Harlow "...it's pretty difficult to wind up an Aussie because we enjoy laughing at ourselves too much." Seems the truth. Unlike some other countries - and one consequence of it is that Australians aren't an inviting target for teasing, simply because they don't rise to it... One thing Australia has to answer for - when Tony Blair was a toddler the family emigrated there, and lived there for three years in Adelaide. And then they came back to Scotland. So far and yet so near... |
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18 Nov 06 - 06:27 PM (#1887946) Subject: RE: what has the Australiansdone for us? From: John MacKenzie Didn't last as a £10 Pom then! Giok |
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18 Nov 06 - 07:38 PM (#1887982) Subject: RE: what has the Australiansdone for us? From: GUEST,Allen in OZ Australia gave us Jenny G ! We also have Spike Milligan's brother and we had Spike's mother at Woy Woy. Sadly, we also have John Howard It can't be all bad though since we produced Dame Edna Everidge, Molly Meldrum and a bloke named Shirley who was a singer...funny old place OZ. AD 1943 |
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19 Nov 06 - 12:38 AM (#1888088) Subject: RE: what has the Australiansdone for us? From: Ron Davies The Oz 'Catters--delightful, perceptive, courageous, and fascinating--with no trolls--as far as I can tell---,Steve Irwin, and Black Opal Shiraz---- are great. This more than answers the question. |
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19 Nov 06 - 12:47 AM (#1888090) Subject: RE: what has the Australiansdone for us? From: John O'L "what has the Australiansdone for us?" We's gaven yous an lifestyle to which to aspire to. (Or threee) |
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19 Nov 06 - 03:08 AM (#1888126) Subject: RE: what has the Australiansdone for us? From: Big Al Whittle what's that Skippy.........those two blokes down a mineshaft are Billy Connolly and a cameraman doing another bloody boring travelogue. ........ Cripes! I'll get me shovel and fill it in, or he'll be outa there faster than your Mum went through the dogmeat factory...... |
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19 Nov 06 - 03:51 AM (#1888138) Subject: RE: what has the Australiansdone for us? From: Sandra in Sydney thankyou, artbrooks, for putting me on the top of the list! It makes me feel much better as I've been enduring a very sore back all day, and seeing my name there gave me the first laugh of the day. Then I got a few more from the other posts. Yah Aussies & friends! sandra |
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19 Nov 06 - 03:51 AM (#1888139) Subject: RE: what has the Australiansdone for us? From: Dave Hanson Great plonk, Banjo Patterson and his brother Sir Les, for these alone we will forgive you for that poisonous piss Fosters and it's ilk, and the singing budgie. eric |
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19 Nov 06 - 04:49 AM (#1888155) Subject: RE: what has the Australiansdone for us? From: Hrothgar We gave the Poms the Ashes back for a year so they could feel good about themselves. ... but we'll be fixing that up, starting Thursday. |
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19 Nov 06 - 04:55 AM (#1888156) Subject: RE: what has the Australiansdone for us? From: Helen Oh yeah, and we foisted Fosters on the unsuspecting Poms. How's that for a great joke?! Helen |
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19 Nov 06 - 05:44 AM (#1888171) Subject: RE: what has the Australiansdone for us? From: The Fooles Troupe ... and "Neighbours" & "Prisoner" .... hehehehehe! |
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19 Nov 06 - 06:16 AM (#1888184) Subject: RE: what has the Australiansdone for us? From: GUEST,John Gray in Oz Howard Florey ( with others ); Penicillin. Dr Fiona Wood ; Spray-on Skin for burns victims. Dr Graeme Clark : Cochlear Implants ( Bionic Ear ) Prof Carl Woods ; First IVF babies from frozen embryos & donor eggs. JG / FME |
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19 Nov 06 - 06:27 AM (#1888189) Subject: RE: what has the Australiansdone for us? From: The Fooles Troupe Johnny Howard - first to back George & Tony... |
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19 Nov 06 - 11:14 AM (#1888292) Subject: RE: what has the Australiansdone for us? From: McGrath of Harlow On the other hand there are those Didgeridoos... |
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19 Nov 06 - 12:40 PM (#1888323) Subject: RE: what has the Australiansdone for us? From: SINSULL Tie Me Kangaroo Down My Boomerang Won't Come Back Waltzing Mathilda A Cry In The Night "A dingo got my baby!" |
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19 Nov 06 - 01:29 PM (#1888354) Subject: RE: what has the Australiansdone for us? From: John MacKenzie I prefer a DidgeriDon't myself G |
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19 Nov 06 - 04:51 PM (#1888484) Subject: RE: what has the Australiansdone for us? From: Rowan Florence Broadhurst Anti-cervical cancer vaccine |
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19 Nov 06 - 05:20 PM (#1888500) Subject: RE: what has the Australiansdone for us? From: John O'L Wasn't there a thread like this about a year ago? I seem to remmember mentioning surf life saving clubs in a similar context, and what about bush fire brigades? |
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19 Nov 06 - 05:28 PM (#1888502) Subject: RE: what has the Australiansdone for us? From: Chip2447 I wonder how many lives were saved by these folks; Coast Watchers Chip2447 |
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19 Nov 06 - 05:54 PM (#1888526) Subject: RE: what has the Australiansdone for us? From: Rowan JohnO'L asks "and what about bush fire brigades?" I don't have any documentation handy but my recollection is that, although volunteer fire brigades started, in Australia, a little over a hundred years ago (as far as formalities are concerned), the concept was brought from Britain. There are some places in the US where they occur ( and may be older) but they seem to have a more limited role and have been replaced by paid versions. The notion of volunteerism in such 'high skills' activities and its differing manifestations around the planet have been a side interest of mine for a while now. Thread creep warning! The NSW RFS (and the SES on a national scene) scale, scope and ability to rapidly respond over an area equivalent to all the SE states of the US would have been useful around Louisiana a while ago but the only reason NSW can do such things is because it's the same govt and administration over such a wide area. The New Staters (in New England) and the Riverina people might regard this a distinct disadvantage rather than an advantage, however. Cheers, Rowan |
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19 Nov 06 - 07:46 PM (#1888607) Subject: RE: what has the Australians done for us? From: The Fooles Troupe After some research, I am forced to admit that we Aussies may indeed (although I dunno HOW it happened!) be responsible for the creation of The Shambles |
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19 Nov 06 - 07:47 PM (#1888608) Subject: RE: what has the Australiansdone for us? From: The Fooles Troupe PS - best comedy show at ARIA 2006! |
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19 Nov 06 - 07:53 PM (#1888612) Subject: RE: what has the Australiansdone for us? From: The Fooles Troupe I'm NOT making THIS up you know... |
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19 Nov 06 - 10:02 PM (#1888684) Subject: RE: what has the Australiansdone for us? From: Bob Bolton G'day Bob the Postman, From: Bob the Postman - PM Date: 18 Nov 06 - 11:10 AM We would all be poorer if we lived in a world devoid of lagerphones. Well, we might even clear the Poms of the suggestion that they dumped the lagerphone onto us ... and then retreated. The tendency, in "explaining" the lagerphone has been to write about its ancestry from the "Jingling Johnnie" / "Turkish Crescent" or "Chinese Pavillion" rattle sticks popular with European (but read "English") military bands of the late 19th century. However, a few things I've unearthed (a replica of a wartime example, with Dutch-Australian connections, via a WW2 Japanese prison camp in Indonesia - some photos of interesting rattler / tambourine combinations in German immigrant bands on the Goldfields / the fact that Holbrook, where Claude & John Meredith met the prototypes of the "Bush Band Revival model, was first called "Germantown" ... until 1915!) now suggest that its direct parent, in Australia, was a German instrument, combing rattles, notched striker stick, grotesque decorations on the post ... plus a resonating tambourine - and, sometimes, a single crude violin-type string, called the Teufelsgeige (Devil's fiddle) in Germany - or the Stumphfiddle in Easter Europe. I hope that all makes our English contributors feel a little easier! Regard(les)s, Bob |
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19 Nov 06 - 10:07 PM (#1888690) Subject: RE: what has the Australiansdone for us? From: number 6 The duckbilled platypus. biLL |
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19 Nov 06 - 11:20 PM (#1888712) Subject: RE: what has the Australiansdone for us? From: JennieG Not forgetting the wombat! No, it does not stand for "waste of money brains and time"..... Cheers JennieG |
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19 Nov 06 - 11:34 PM (#1888717) Subject: RE: what has the Australiansdone for us? From: The Fooles Troupe It's a fake - and soon will be extinct - thanks to Woolies, eh Rich-Joy? |
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20 Nov 06 - 01:56 AM (#1888745) Subject: RE: what has the Australiansdone for us? From: Seamus Kennedy My favorite - Frank Ifield. Seamus |
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20 Nov 06 - 02:47 AM (#1888753) Subject: RE: what has the Australiansdone for us? From: Gurney Crikey, you've forgotten ALREADY? |
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20 Nov 06 - 03:01 AM (#1888757) Subject: RE: what has the Australiansdone for us? From: MBSLynne Auntie Jack Childrens' channel seven Bananas in Pyjamas Around the Twist Sherbet Normie Rowe The Easybeats The BeeGees Johnnie Farnham Johnnie Young MPD The Groop And lots more I'll probably think of later... Love Lynne |
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20 Nov 06 - 04:50 AM (#1888782) Subject: RE: what has the Australiansdone for us? From: HipflaskAndy Hello from the UK Helen - Thanks for the reply on there - I see they moved the thread to BS - making my comment 'what's this doing here on the music forum?' a bit redundant! Hah! I've always had a real hankering to get to Oz - since childhood. Likely not make it - but you never know - thanks for the 'invite' - I'll add it to the others and dream on! My buddy (folksinger) Margaret Walters lives in Sydney and is always on about me coming over for a 'stay' and mebbe some gigs. Would love to, but can't see it - yet. I played guitar on dates for her when she last came over here to the UK - twas a grand experience. So, that'll do, I've said m' thanks for the kind and courteous response - wishing you all the very best - Duncan PS you can 'see/hear' who HipflaskAndy is on http://www.duncanmcfarlane.co.uk |
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20 Nov 06 - 05:56 AM (#1888809) Subject: RE: what has the Australiansdone for us? From: The Fooles Troupe Maybe it was meant to be about 'Folk Moo-sick', but it's too late now! |
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20 Nov 06 - 06:00 AM (#1888810) Subject: RE: what has the Australiansdone for us? From: freda underhill Seamus, I'm glad someone has remembered the Yodelling Cowboy .. (scarlet ribbons, I'll remember you..) and there's always The Atlantics (try going to downloads and click on Flight of the Surf Guitar or Bombora... freda |
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20 Nov 06 - 01:52 PM (#1889085) Subject: RE: what has the Australiansdone for us? From: McGrath of Harlow Bottersnikes and Gumbles - "a great part of Australian culture and should be kept alive for future generations to enjoy". |
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20 Nov 06 - 02:10 PM (#1889093) Subject: RE: what has the Australiansdone for us? From: vectis My Secret Santa |
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20 Nov 06 - 02:14 PM (#1889095) Subject: RE: what has the Australiansdone for us? From: Cruiser The inspiration for that great-underrated movie: "Quigley Down Under" Ozites showed the rest of the world what NOT to do with rabbits...a major ecological disaster. An Ecological Disaster: Introduction of Rabbits |
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22 Nov 06 - 05:43 AM (#1890566) Subject: RE: what has the Australiansdone for us? From: freda underhill John Warner and Anderson's Coast |
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22 Nov 06 - 07:56 AM (#1890634) Subject: RE: what has the Australiansdone for us? From: The Fooles Troupe The Irish. (You need to think about that one...) |
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22 Nov 06 - 11:36 AM (#1890790) Subject: RE: what has the Australiansdone for us? From: Bunnahabhain The spooky mens chorale. |
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22 Nov 06 - 11:49 AM (#1890808) Subject: RE: what has the Australiansdone for us? From: Barry Finn Why do the Australians need to do anything, never mind for us, you self rightous @#$%? Tom, Tom, where'd you go? You started this didn't you? Come back Tom,,,,,Tom,,,tom? Why'd I respond to this? I guess I didn't need to really know? Neither did Tom,,,I guess. Barry |
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22 Nov 06 - 03:43 PM (#1891026) Subject: RE: what has the Australiansdone for us? From: Helen So if someone eats Vegemite & drives an Oz-made car (not a Holden, though) does that make him an Aussie? 'Spaw, it's too late! I think you already are one! ;-> Helen |
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25 Nov 06 - 09:42 PM (#1893637) Subject: RE: what has the Australiansdone for us? From: freda underhill THE BALLAD OF MANY CROWS The town of Wagga Wagga (trans: place of many crows) is in the southern NSW district called the Riverina. The Murray River Irrigation System for a time brought prosperity to the region, but recent decades have seen a decline in the economic viability of farming and a high suicide rate among the farmers. Western Australian poet, Andrew Burke, was serving a time as Poet-in-Residence at the Booranga Writers' Centre at the Charles Sturt University and shared his new poem with John Warner and me at a gathering in the house of Pat and Barry Emmett in Wombat, NSW. (This note written by Margaret Walters.) As I sat out upon a hill Upon a hill, upon a hill I looked up at the crows that fill The leafy trees of Wagga I saw their eyes like marbles black Like marbles black, like marbles black And felt a chill run down my back Beneath the trees of Wagga A woman there had told a tale She told a tale, she told a tale How the town had felt five years' betrayal Since crows returned to Wagga "Our men have heard the crows' sad song The crows' sad song, the crows' sad song Until by their own hand they've gone I curse the crows of Wagga Farmers are a steady lot, not given much to fancy Born to heed the call to be as iron tough as Clancy Now they hang themselves in their dark loss In their dark loss, in their dark loss When the crows' stark song becomes their cross Among the trees of Wagga Black-eyed and beaky with a mourning cry A mourning cry, a mourning cry Riverina crows trespass and fly To cast their eye on Wagga. Now's the time to break the spell To break the spell, to break the spell To greet the future and fare well Among the trees of Wagga I go inside to write my song To write my song, to write my song The crows know naught of right and wrong In the leafy trees of Wagga Words Andrew Burke (1996) Music Margaret Walters and John Warner (1996) |
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25 Nov 06 - 10:09 PM (#1893649) Subject: RE: what has the Australiansdone for us? From: freda underhill Permaculture, the Combine Harvester, the Diff (differential gears), the Ute, the electric drill, refrigeration, secret ballots, the heart pacemaker, penecillin, the Bionic Ear,Aspro , braces (for teeth), the Alexander Technique. The Story of the Kelly Gang, made in 1906 is regarded as the first feature length film ever made. It ran for more than an hour. more here |
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25 Nov 06 - 10:53 PM (#1893670) Subject: RE: what has the Australiansdone for us? From: Hrothgar Showed the Poms how to bat. ... and bowl. |
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26 Nov 06 - 04:13 AM (#1893743) Subject: RE: what has the Australiansdone for us? From: The Fooles Troupe Beat me Roger... |
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26 Nov 06 - 05:06 AM (#1893765) Subject: RE: what has the Australiansdone for us? From: autolycus How to play cricket generally. How to lose gracefully. How to be truly appreciative of their opponents. Other ways to be British descendants without having to go either the British or the U.S. route. Ivor |
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26 Nov 06 - 08:18 AM (#1893868) Subject: RE: what has the Australiansdone for us? From: Tom Hamilton frae Saltcoats Scotland OK I give in the Australians have given the world a lot of things. |
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08 Dec 06 - 06:44 PM (#1903958) Subject: RE: what has the Australiansdone for us? From: freda underhill A story from 1000 years ago in the Arafura swamp.. Ten Canoes It is longtime ago. It is our time, before you other mob came from cross the ocean...longtime before then. The rains been good and ten of the men go on the swamp, to hunt the eggs of gumang, the magpie goose. One of the men, the young fella, has a wrong love, so the old man tell him a story...a story of the ancient ones, them wild and crazy ancestors who come after the spirit time, after the flood that covered the whole land... |
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11 Dec 06 - 06:50 AM (#1906151) Subject: RE: what has the Australiansdone for us? From: GUEST,The Bunyip in the Slack Tub http://www.mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=34305The Bunyip Tn The Slack Tub |
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11 Dec 06 - 07:40 AM (#1906179) Subject: RE: what has the Australiansdone for us? From: GUEST,Penguin Egg They gave us Clive James, one of the wittiest men ever. Should be 'nuff, suely? |
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11 Dec 06 - 03:37 PM (#1906660) Subject: RE: what has the Australiansdone for us? From: Tom Hamilton frae Saltcoats Scotland and we gave them prsioners, illnesses, and a way of ignoring the real Australians the aborigeones. (spelling mistake) and you say we're racists, well look at the way you treat them and still do in some parts. |
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11 Dec 06 - 05:13 PM (#1906798) Subject: RE: what has the Australiansdone for us? From: Bugsy Shit, you don't give up do you Tom? What's got up your arse about us Aussies? Did one of us shag your girlfriend or drink your beer or something? CHeers Bugsy (from West Aussie) |
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11 Dec 06 - 05:22 PM (#1906805) Subject: RE: what has the Australiansdone for us? From: Rowan Tom may be upset that so many great Scots had to leave Scotland and exercise their talents in Australia, to Australia's benefit rather than Scotland's. If that's what really piques him, perhaps he could look for responsibility a little closer to Scotland rather than take it out on Australians. But perhaps the onset of the northen winter is getting to him, while we're approaching summer. Come to Australia, Tom. |
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12 Dec 06 - 08:36 AM (#1907338) Subject: RE: what has the Australiansdone for us? From: Tom Hamilton frae Saltcoats Scotland I have been to Australia and I think it's any other country, it has its good and bad points, one my girlfriend died aged 37, and two I'm teetotal and three when I go there I vist my family and friends in West Australia. OH it was just a joke this thread. |
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12 Dec 06 - 08:58 AM (#1907348) Subject: RE: what has the Australiansdone for us? From: skipy No 460 squadron. 188 aircraft lost, nearly 1000 airmen killed! Skipy |
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12 Dec 06 - 05:06 PM (#1907756) Subject: RE: what has the Australiansdone for us? From: Bugsy So was MY post Tom - It's called Aussie Yooma! CHeers Bugsy |
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13 Dec 06 - 06:01 AM (#1908223) Subject: RE: what has the Australiansdone for us? From: Big Al Whittle The Australians are wonderful people with measureless reservoirs of tolerance. Thanks for taking Billy Connolly off our hands. Week after week he appears at 3am on our satellite channels poking koalas and boring the arse off a cameraman - he doesn't even shut up when he's on his motorbike. We do appreciate what you've done. People have got cannonised for less. Not sure the therapy is working though. |
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13 Dec 06 - 06:33 AM (#1908252) Subject: RE: what has the Australiansdone for us? From: GUEST The Wiggles Steve Irwin |
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13 Dec 06 - 06:54 AM (#1908260) Subject: RE: what has the Australiansdone for us? From: Tom Hamilton frae Saltcoats Scotland OK I GIVE IN NO MORE POST IN THREAD SO GOODBYE I HOPE TO COME OUT AGAIN TO AUSTRALIA. |
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13 Dec 06 - 02:07 PM (#1908595) Subject: RE: what has the Australiansdone for us? From: Kajikit Sorry... you don't get out of it that easily :P |
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13 Dec 06 - 04:30 PM (#1908731) Subject: RE: what has the Australiansdone for us? From: Rowan It'll be good to see you Tom. But if you arrive this summer, bring your firefighting clobber, as we seem to be giving the atmosphere a bit of stick at the moment. Cheers, Rowan |
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13 Dec 06 - 04:54 PM (#1908754) Subject: RE: what has the Australiansdone for us? From: John O'L Come back while we're still playing the Poms for the Ashes, Tom. You'll enjoy that. |
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13 Dec 06 - 05:32 PM (#1908787) Subject: RE: what has the Australiansdone for us? From: Pistachio 100 - my first one - sorry! |
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14 Dec 06 - 09:05 AM (#1909363) Subject: RE: what has the Australiansdone for us? From: Tom Hamilton frae Saltcoats Scotland I supoort the Aussies at Cricket, I hope you give the Poms a good seeing too. Oh by the way I'm not a Pom poms are English I'm Scottish. |
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14 Dec 06 - 09:07 AM (#1909367) Subject: RE: what has the Australiansdone for us? From: Tom Hamilton frae Saltcoats Scotland Poms are the English, As I said I'm Scottish, I mean how wuold like it if I said you lot were from New Zealand, same thing. So Please don't call people from Scotland, Wales or Northen Ireland Poms because we don't like it. POMS ARE FROM ENGLAND LOVE TOM |
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14 Dec 06 - 09:08 AM (#1909369) Subject: RE: what has the Australiansdone for us? From: Tom Hamilton frae Saltcoats Scotland come on Aussie come on. beat English Long live the Republic of Australia and I hope that day will come soon |
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14 Dec 06 - 09:17 AM (#1909383) Subject: RE: what has the Australiansdone for us? From: Tom Hamilton frae Saltcoats Scotland Sorry to this you there are things that I like and dislike about Australia and the same goes for Scotland, there are just some English, Scots that I just cant' get on with. My brother in law is English, so I have choice in the matter |