Martin Cash (baptised 10 October 1808 26 August 1877) was a notorious convictbushranger known for escaping twice from Port Arthur, Van Diemen's Land. His 1870 autobiography The Adventures of Martin Cash, ghostwritten by the former convict James Lester Burke, became a best seller in Australia.
i'll fly into this one before BG .
Orville Wright
Bugger me dead Dave!!! I wil; have to try harder next time!!!
Aussie Paul.
This one is a easy one
You said it was an easy one Dave...
Wilber Wright...
Wilbur: April 16, 1867, Millville, Indiana
Wilbur: May 30, 1912 (aged 45), Dayton
Wilbur: Editor, bicycle retailer/manufacturer, airplane inventor/manufacturer, pilot trainer
-- Edited by Big Gorilla on Monday 14th of July 2014 03:57:15 PM
well you should know. goodonya Ken.
all yours.
i couldn't help it had to put his brother in.
Another easy one :
Prince ?
Not Prince Sheba !!
Gday...
I had a cuppla guesses in me head ...
I thought it might have been The Artist formerly known as Prince, then I thought Chuck Berry, maybe even Jimmy Hendrix ....
but finally I think I will opt for Little Richard.
Cheers - John
He was going to be my next choice John.
Cheers,
Sheba.
Macon, Georgia, United States
Good one John....Your turn..
Gday...
Not Little Richard's best photo
I am going to stray a little from what may be the 'usual' in this thread.
Who is this in the photo - I know it is a statue, but who is it.
Cheers - John
don't know the guys name , is that Dolly the sheep
Jackie Howe set a world hand-shearing record, 321 sheep in less than eight hours in 1892; monument in Blackall Qld.
Fried Rice
Gday...
Well done FR .... stretch our memories.
cheers - John
I've just joined this forum so I hope my candidate has not already starred..
FR
-- Edited by Fried Rice on Wednesday 16th of July 2014 02:17:34 PM
fried rice, i was a pom in another life, Sir Stan the man a soccer player for Blackpool in UK
Sir Stanley Matthews used to play on the wing
Looks like a young Don Bradman !!!
Good on you Glenelg..
I expected the answer from a pom (I share that history as well)
Your turn
FR
thanks Fried Rice.
Daryl Bladock?
Aussie Paul.
sorry Aussie Paul. have another go.
Bob Skilton
Aussie Paul.
no not Bob. this guy was Footscray's Coach when they won the flag , he also played for them. if you know my name you will know his.
this photo is a few years later, now i'm guna look a proper charlie if nobody get it
-- Edited by Glenelg on Thursday 17th of July 2014 04:42:26 AM
i made it to easy. goodonya Rosie
its all yours
Thanks Dave.
This 'gentleman' gained notoriety in my home state, but was English born ............
Martin Cash (baptised 10 October 1808 26 August 1877) was a notorious convict bushranger known for escaping twice from Port Arthur, Van Diemen's Land. His 1870 autobiography The Adventures of Martin Cash, ghostwritten by the former convict James Lester Burke, became a best seller in Australia.
Enniscorthy, County Wexford, Ireland
Glenorchy, Tasmania
No, I wasn't around in 1877, still in the melting pot in sunny Queensland !!