Of course I do - so does everyone else - it's written on the $50 note.
I don't have a piccie, so someone else can have a go !
sandman55 said
11:00 PM Mar 12, 2021
OK then the game is up for grabs to the first to post a Picture.
David Unaipon (born David Ngunaitponi) (28 September 1872 7 February 1967) was an Aboriginal Australian man[2] of the Ngarrindjeri people, a preacher, inventor and author. Unaipon's contribution to Australian society helped to break many Aboriginal Australian stereotypes, and he is featured on the Australian $50 note in commemoration of his work. He was the son of preacher and writer James Unaipon.
Inventor
Unaipon spent five years trying to create a perpetual motion machine. In the course of his work he developed a number of devices.[6] He was still attempting to design such a device in his seventy-ninth year.[7]
Unaipon took out provisional patents for 19 inventions but was unable to afford to get any of his inventions fully patented, according to some sources. Muecke and Shoemaker say that between "1910 and 1944 he made ten ... applications for inventions as varied as an anti-gravitational device, a multi-radial wheel and a sheep-shearing handpiece".[8][9] Provisional patent 15,624 which he ratified in 1910, is for an "Improved mechanical motion device"[10] that converted rotary motion which "is applied, as for instance by an Eccentric",[11] into tangential reciprocating movement, an example application given being sheep shears. The invention, the basis of modern mechanical sheep shears, was introduced without Unaipon receiving any financial return and, apart from a 1910 newspaper report acknowledging him as the inventor, he received no contemporary credit.[6]
Other inventions included a centrifugal motor, a multi-radial wheel and a mechanical propulsion device. He was also known as the Australian Leonardo da Vinci for his mechanical ideas, which included pre World War I drawings for a helicopter design based on the principle of the boomerang and his research into the polarisation of light and also spent much of his life attempting to achieve perpetual motion.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Unaipon
Big Gorilla said
03:49 PM Mar 14, 2021
No point in letting the game drag on !!! Who is this ?
An American showbiz person, who played the piano, and wore fancy clothes
Big Gorilla said
06:46 AM Mar 15, 2021
Not Liberace Tony, but he is an entertainer from way back !!
sandman55 said
11:57 AM Mar 15, 2021
Looks a bit like Perry Como
Big Gorilla said
12:32 PM Mar 15, 2021
Not Perry Como !!
sandman55 said
12:05 AM Mar 16, 2021
Took a bit of searching try Frankie Lane. Those old singers you knew the songs from the radio but not always the faces though his face was familiar
Big Gorilla said
07:06 AM Mar 16, 2021
That's who it is Sandy. Was just about to put up a clue !!
Frankie Laine
American singer-songwriter
Frankie Laine was an American singer, songwriter, and actor whose career spanned nearly 75 years, from his first concerts in 1930 with a marathon dance company to his final performance of "That's My Desire" in 2005.
OK clue time our man was a singer-songwriter and guitarist
Craig1 said
06:00 PM Mar 19, 2021
Did one of his daughter's marry a Madden brother?
sandman55 said
09:31 PM Mar 19, 2021
He had a daughter and a son I haven't been able to find who/if she married.
Next clue he was New Zealand born
Craig1 said
01:12 PM Mar 20, 2021
Ah Max Walker, av agood weekend
sandman55 said
02:44 PM Mar 20, 2021
No Max walker was a cricketer. You have the first name right it is Max. This Max died September last year.
sandman55 said
09:36 PM Mar 21, 2021
Still no takers??? OK this clue should give him away. Our Max was associated with the Meteors.
Big Gorilla said
11:27 AM Mar 23, 2021
How about Max Merritt !!
sandman55 said
08:50 PM Mar 23, 2021
You have him BG over to you for a pic
Maxwell James Merritt[1] (30 April 1941[2] 24 September 2020) was a New Zealand-born singer-songwriter and guitarist who was renowned as an interpreter of soul music and R&B.[3] As leader of Max Merritt & The Meteors his best known hits are "Slippin' Away", which reached No. 2 on the 1976 Australian singles charts, and "Hey, Western Union Man" which reached No. 13.[4] Merritt rose to prominence in New Zealand from 1958 and relocated to Sydney, Australia, in December 1964.[3][5][6] Merritt was acknowledged as one of the best local performers of the 1960s and 1970s and his influence did much to popularise soul music / R&B and rock in New Zealand and Australia.[3][5][6][7]
It certainly is Sandy. I think you and I are the only 2 playing this game !!! Over to you...
Brian Johnson
English singer-songwriter
Brian Francis Johnson is an English singer and songwriter. In 1980, after the death of Bon Scott, he became the third lead singer of the Australian rock band AC/DC. He and the rest of the band were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2003.
Of course I do - so does everyone else - it's written on the $50 note.
I don't have a piccie, so someone else can have a go !
OK then the game is up for grabs to the first to post a Picture.
David Unaipon (born David Ngunaitponi) (28 September 1872 7 February 1967) was an Aboriginal Australian man[2] of the Ngarrindjeri people, a preacher, inventor and author. Unaipon's contribution to Australian society helped to break many Aboriginal Australian stereotypes, and he is featured on the Australian $50 note in commemoration of his work. He was the son of preacher and writer James Unaipon.
Inventor
Unaipon spent five years trying to create a perpetual motion machine. In the course of his work he developed a number of devices.[6] He was still attempting to design such a device in his seventy-ninth year.[7]
Unaipon took out provisional patents for 19 inventions but was unable to afford to get any of his inventions fully patented, according to some sources. Muecke and Shoemaker say that between "1910 and 1944 he made ten ... applications for inventions as varied as an anti-gravitational device, a multi-radial wheel and a sheep-shearing handpiece".[8][9] Provisional patent 15,624 which he ratified in 1910, is for an "Improved mechanical motion device"[10] that converted rotary motion which "is applied, as for instance by an Eccentric",[11] into tangential reciprocating movement, an example application given being sheep shears. The invention, the basis of modern mechanical sheep shears, was introduced without Unaipon receiving any financial return and, apart from a 1910 newspaper report acknowledging him as the inventor, he received no contemporary credit.[6]
Other inventions included a centrifugal motor, a multi-radial wheel and a mechanical propulsion device. He was also known as the Australian Leonardo da Vinci for his mechanical ideas, which included pre World War I drawings for a helicopter design based on the principle of the boomerang and his research into the polarisation of light and also spent much of his life attempting to achieve perpetual motion.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Unaipon
No point in letting the game drag on !!! Who is this ?
Is it Liberace, (don't know his full name)
An American showbiz person, who played the piano, and wore fancy clothes
Not Liberace Tony, but he is an entertainer from way back !!
Looks a bit like Perry Como
Not Perry Como !!
Took a bit of searching try Frankie Lane. Those old singers you knew the songs from the radio but not always the faces though his face was familiar
That's who it is Sandy. Was just about to put up a clue !!
Frankie Laine
Thanks BG now who is this fella
That's Mr. Invisible !!!
To err is human but to really mess things up, you need a computer.
Try this one
OK clue time our man was a singer-songwriter and guitarist
He had a daughter and a son I haven't been able to find who/if she married.
Next clue he was New Zealand born
No Max walker was a cricketer. You have the first name right it is Max. This Max died September last year.
Still no takers??? OK this clue should give him away. Our Max was associated with the Meteors.
How about Max Merritt !!
You have him BG over to you for a pic
Maxwell James Merritt[1] (30 April 1941[2] 24 September 2020) was a New Zealand-born singer-songwriter and guitarist who was renowned as an interpreter of soul music and R&B.[3] As leader of Max Merritt & The Meteors his best known hits are "Slippin' Away", which reached No. 2 on the 1976 Australian singles charts, and "Hey, Western Union Man" which reached No. 13.[4] Merritt rose to prominence in New Zealand from 1958 and relocated to Sydney, Australia, in December 1964.[3][5][6] Merritt was acknowledged as one of the best local performers of the 1960s and 1970s and his influence did much to popularise soul music / R&B and rock in New Zealand and Australia.[3][5][6][7]
Merritt was a venerable pioneer of rock in Australasia who produced crowd-pleasing shows for over 50 years.[8] He engendered respect and affection over generations of performers. This was evident at the 2007 Concert for Max[7] which was organised to provide financial support for him after it was announced he had Goodpasture's syndrome, a rare autoimmune disease.[9] The Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) recognised Merritt's iconic status on 1 July 2008 when he was inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame.[10][11][12] In 2020, Merritt was inducted into the New Zealand Music Hall of Fame.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Merritt
Thank you Sandy. Who is this well known Gentleman ?
No Rockers out there !!!
Is that Mrs Johnson's little boy Brian
Sheba has been MIA for a while
It certainly is Sandy. I think you and I are the only 2 playing this game !!! Over to you...
Brian Johnson
Thanks BG. Sometimes this game gets slow and then we get a bit of interest. OK who is our man here.
OK Guys and Gals time for a clue, our man was a war hero
Yes he was a short 5 foot 5 inches war hero
Audie Murphy. I'm still here guys, but still in hospital for a month more yet.
Cheers,
Sheba.