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rockylizard


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Gday...

1835  -     Richard Cunningham, brother to Allan Cunningham, is killed by Aborigines whilst exploring with Major Mitchell. 

1861  -     Charles Gray, of Burke and Wills's expedition, dies. 

1935  -     Australian airline Qantas operates its first overseas passenger flight.

1980  -     Rhodesia, in Africa, gains independence and becomes Zimbabwe. 

2005  -     Ownership of a replica of Captain Cook's famous ship Endeavour is transferred to the Australian Government. 

Cheers - John



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It's not often we think of QANTAS as an anagram for Queensland and Northern Territory Air Service... and it's probably something many people are unaware of.

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GaryKelly wrote:

.............................we think of QANTAS as an anagram for Queensland and Northern Territory Air Service... ......................

a very long time ago, I worked for a major airport operator in the UK - we had anagrams for most of the airlines....

the crew in head office reckoned QANTAS stood for Queers And Nymphomaniacs Travel Australian Style...



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Reminds me of the days when airline and train stewards used to drink at the Bottoms Up bar at the Rex in the Cross.

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