Given I feel a bit of a goose .... is it Mother Goose?
cheers - John
brian said
08:37 PM Mar 20, 2014
rockylizard wrote:
Gday...
Given I feel a bit of a goose .... is it Mother Goose?
cheers - John
The Mother goose angle is on the way, but think on a broader scale.
ballast2 said
09:05 PM Mar 20, 2014
G'day perhaps Whistlers mother
cheers
Bryan said
11:52 PM Mar 20, 2014
Very wild guess. Pocahontas
Vic41 said
12:11 AM Mar 21, 2014
Madonna ???? Bugger, I've seen this photo before but can't remember who it is!!! (someone in Royalty?)
Big Gorilla said
08:38 AM Mar 21, 2014
No one is near the mark as yet. This lady was born in Albania... And I very much doubt she is somebody's mother..
-- Edited by Big Gorilla on Friday 21st of March 2014 08:40:25 AM
brian said
09:36 AM Mar 21, 2014
Big Gorilla wrote:
No one is near the mark as yet. This lady was born in Albania... And I very much doubt she is somebody's mother..
-- Edited by Big Gorilla on Friday 21st of March 2014 08:40:25 AM
I thought she was lots of people's "mother", as many addressed her as such.
msg said
09:58 AM Mar 21, 2014
Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiuand. Mother Theresa
Big Gorilla said
11:37 AM Mar 21, 2014
The BlessedTeresa of Calcutta, M.C.,[1] commonly known as Mother Teresa (26 August 1910 5 September 1997), was a Roman CatholicReligious Sister and missionary[2] of Albanian origin who lived most of her life in India of which, since 1948, she was a citizen.
Mother Teresa founded the Missionaries of Charity, a Roman Catholic religious congregation, which in 2012 consisted of over 4,500 sisters and is active in 133 countries. They run hospices and homes for people with HIV/AIDS, leprosy and tuberculosis; soup kitchens; dispensaries and mobile clinics; children's and family counseling programmes; orphanages; and schools. Members of the order must adhere to the vows of chastity, poverty and obedience, and the fourth vow, to give "wholehearted free service to the poorest of the poor".[3]
Mother Teresa was the recipient of numerous honours including the 1979 Nobel Peace Prize. In late 2003, she was beatified, the third step toward possible sainthood, giving her the title "Blessed Teresa of Calcutta". A second miracle credited to her intercession is required before she can be recognised as a saint by the Catholic Church.[1]
A controversial figure both during her life and after her death, Mother Teresa was widely admired by many for her charitable works, but also widely criticised, particularly for her campaigns against contraception and for substandard conditions in the hospices for which she was responsible.
She was born Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu (Albanian: [az de bjadiu]) (gonxha meaning "rosebud" or "little flower" in Albanian) on 26 August 1910. She considered 27 August, the day she was baptised, to be her "true birthday".[4] Her birthplace was Skopje, now capital of the Republic of Macedonia, but at the time part of the Ottoman Empire, to ethnic Albanian parents
His regalia looks decidedly English (ecclesiastic or university), the medal is possibly a Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (GCB), and the sceptre (can't see the the top to be sure if it has a Globus Cruciger or not) looks to be either aristocratic or cleric, and fits with the order of the bath theory.
Not the sort of gear you saw in Australia at the time that painting seems to have been done, likely early 1800s.
A quick search of GCB lists doesn't reveal any likely Australian recipients, but this can be problematic as Australian citizenship as such was non-existent prior to 1949, and so it only includes those who resided here mostly full time. It doesn't list Governors (both general and state) as they were normally living in the UK other than for their terms of office.
I will need a bit more to go on to get the answer.
Edit...I see now that he was not Aussie.. so will go looking a bit further
-- Edited by brian on Friday 21st of March 2014 02:11:29 PM
brian said
02:22 PM Mar 21, 2014
Hmmm....Definitely GCB.
Wish I had five dollars for every time that I have seen his face.
Big Gorilla said
02:44 PM Mar 21, 2014
From the looks of the uniform I'd say definitely English, probably around the 1700s...
rockylizard said
02:44 PM Mar 21, 2014
brian wrote:
Hmmm....Definitely GCB.
Wish I had five dollars for every time that I have seen his face.
Gday...
The only face on the $5 notes I have is that of Queen Elizabeth II ... and SHE sure as hell don't look nuffin like that bloke
Cheers - Jon
msg said
03:20 PM Mar 21, 2014
Bit of a flower power child
brian said
03:50 PM Mar 21, 2014
rockylizard wrote:
brian wrote:
Hmmm....Definitely GCB.
Wish I had five dollars for every time that I have seen his face.
Gday...
The only face on the $5 notes I have is that of Queen Elizabeth II ... and SHE sure as hell don't look nuffin like that bloke
Cheers - Jon
Maybe you're younger than I thought John.
Sheba said
08:08 PM Mar 21, 2014
On the original $5.00 note. Sir Joseph Banks. [Some-one else please Post.]
Cheers,
Sheba.
-- Edited by Sheba on Friday 21st of March 2014 11:24:42 PM
Frankie Avalon (born September 18, 1940)[1] is an American actor, singer, playwright, and former teen idol
Born Francis Thomas Avallone on September 18, 1940, Avalon was on U.S. television playing his trumpet by the time he was 11. Two singles showcasing Avalon's trumpet playing were issued on RCA Victor's "X" sublabel in 1954.[3] As a teenager he played with Bobby Rydell in Rocco and the Saints. In 1959, "Venus" (5 weeks #1) and "Why" went to number one on the Billboard Hot 100. "Why" was the last #1 of the 1950s. Avalon had 31 charted U.S. Billboard singles from 1958 to late 1962, including "Just Ask Your Heart" (U.S. #7), "I'll Wait For You" (U.S. #15), "Bobby Sox to Stockings" (U.S. #8), and "A Boy Without a Girl" (U.S. #10). Most of his hits were written and/or produced by Bob Marcucci, head of Chancellor Records. He was less popular in the U.K., but did still manage four chart hits with "Why", "Gingerbread", "Venus" and "Don't Throw Away All Those Teardrops
Your turn...
mongrel said
07:43 PM Mar 24, 2014
Just a lucky guess BG..I like trying to work them out ,someone else can have a go for me..Thankyou ..
Alan.
Gday...
Given I feel a bit of a goose .... is it Mother Goose?
cheers - John
The Mother goose angle is on the way, but think on a broader scale.
cheers
Madonna ???? Bugger, I've seen this photo before but can't remember who it is!!! (someone in Royalty?)
No one is near the mark as yet. This lady was born in Albania... And I very much doubt she is somebody's mother..
-- Edited by Big Gorilla on Friday 21st of March 2014 08:40:25 AM
I thought she was lots of people's "mother", as many addressed her as such.
The Blessed Teresa of Calcutta, M.C.,[1] commonly known as Mother Teresa (26 August 1910 5 September 1997), was a Roman CatholicReligious Sister and missionary[2] of Albanian origin who lived most of her life in India of which, since 1948, she was a citizen.
Mother Teresa founded the Missionaries of Charity, a Roman Catholic religious congregation, which in 2012 consisted of over 4,500 sisters and is active in 133 countries. They run hospices and homes for people with HIV/AIDS, leprosy and tuberculosis; soup kitchens; dispensaries and mobile clinics; children's and family counseling programmes; orphanages; and schools. Members of the order must adhere to the vows of chastity, poverty and obedience, and the fourth vow, to give "wholehearted free service to the poorest of the poor".[3]
Mother Teresa was the recipient of numerous honours including the 1979 Nobel Peace Prize. In late 2003, she was beatified, the third step toward possible sainthood, giving her the title "Blessed Teresa of Calcutta". A second miracle credited to her intercession is required before she can be recognised as a saint by the Catholic Church.[1]
A controversial figure both during her life and after her death, Mother Teresa was widely admired by many for her charitable works, but also widely criticised, particularly for her campaigns against contraception and for substandard conditions in the hospices for which she was responsible.
She was born Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu (Albanian: [az de bjadiu]) (gonxha meaning "rosebud" or "little flower" in Albanian) on 26 August 1910. She considered 27 August, the day she was baptised, to be her "true birthday".[4] Her birthplace was Skopje, now capital of the Republic of Macedonia, but at the time part of the Ottoman Empire, to ethnic Albanian parents
Good one msg..... Your turn..
This fellow was a well known Australian
Are you sure he was Australian?
His regalia looks decidedly English (ecclesiastic or university), the medal is possibly a Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (GCB), and the sceptre (can't see the the top to be sure if it has a Globus Cruciger or not) looks to be either aristocratic or cleric, and fits with the order of the bath theory.
Not the sort of gear you saw in Australia at the time that painting seems to have been done, likely early 1800s.
A quick search of GCB lists doesn't reveal any likely Australian recipients, but this can be problematic as Australian citizenship as such was non-existent prior to 1949, and so it only includes those who resided here mostly full time. It doesn't list Governors (both general and state) as they were normally living in the UK other than for their terms of office.
I will need a bit more to go on to get the answer.
Edit...I see now that he was not Aussie.. so will go looking a bit further
-- Edited by brian on Friday 21st of March 2014 02:11:29 PM
Hmmm....Definitely GCB.
Wish I had five dollars for every time that I have seen his face.
From the looks of the uniform I'd say definitely English, probably around the 1700s...
Gday...
The only face on the $5 notes I have is that of Queen Elizabeth II ... and SHE sure as hell don't look nuffin like that bloke
Cheers - Jon
Maybe you're younger than I thought John.
On the original $5.00 note. Sir Joseph Banks. [Some-one else please Post.]
Cheers,
Sheba.
-- Edited by Sheba on Friday 21st of March 2014 11:24:42 PM
I hope to visit this year
I thought that we had done this one before so went back to see, but we never never have.
Must have seen the pic somewhere else.
-- Edited by Sheba on Saturday 22nd of March 2014 07:48:32 PM
Jeannie Gunn OBE
Jeannie Gunn was famous for her book "We of the Never Never" Elsey station NT where it is written is now Elsey National Park.
Try this one:
Hey you're not bad !!!!
Frankie Avalon (born September 18, 1940)[1] is an American actor, singer, playwright, and former teen idol
Born Francis Thomas Avallone on September 18, 1940, Avalon was on U.S. television playing his trumpet by the time he was 11. Two singles showcasing Avalon's trumpet playing were issued on RCA Victor's "X" sublabel in 1954.[3] As a teenager he played with Bobby Rydell in Rocco and the Saints. In 1959, "Venus" (5 weeks #1) and "Why" went to number one on the Billboard Hot 100. "Why" was the last #1 of the 1950s. Avalon had 31 charted U.S. Billboard singles from 1958 to late 1962, including "Just Ask Your Heart" (U.S. #7), "I'll Wait For You" (U.S. #15), "Bobby Sox to Stockings" (U.S. #8), and "A Boy Without a Girl" (U.S. #10). Most of his hits were written and/or produced by Bob Marcucci, head of Chancellor Records. He was less popular in the U.K., but did still manage four chart hits with "Why", "Gingerbread", "Venus" and "Don't Throw Away All Those Teardrops
Your turn...
Alan.