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Hahaha I gotta' steal this one!!!!
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Yes Alpo.
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@Alpo They are great for getting out of speeding tickets -
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Nancy Bird Walton with her Leopard Moth aircraft . Dressed for the hotclimate of inland Australia, Nancy's shorts were considered unladylike in the thirties. Nancy cy Bird Walton 1915 - 2009 was a pioneering Australian aviatrix who began flying when she was only 17, taking her first lesson from Sir Charles Kingsford Smith at his flying school at Mascot.Two years later in 1933 at the age of 19 Nancy became the youngest female commercial pilot in the British Empire. Nancy was hired as the pilot for the Far West Children's Health Scheme in 1935 , flying a nursing sister to remote properties, and pioneered aerial ambulance and baby clinic services. Nancy became known as " The Angel Of The Outback " transporting sick and injured children between their homes and hospital using her own Gipsy Moth aircraft. During World War II Nancy served as Commandent of the Women's Air Training Corps and in 1950 became founding president of the Australian Pilot's Association and also patron. Nancy Bird continued her work as the pilot for the Far West Children's Health Scheme flying nurses and medical supplies to remote areas of NSW for several years and in later years was active in promoting aviation heritage and encouraged women of all ages to fly. Nancy Bird received the AO and OBE for her services.
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Dr Smith, surgeon outside his slab and bark rooms on the goldfields of Victoria 1870-1880.Medical men were always required in these remote areas as accidents and outbreaks of disease were a common occurrence
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Hmmm.....that's quite a clever idea!!!!
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The World’s Longest Fence Extending from Jimbour, Queensland, to the Eyre Peninsula in South Australia, the Dingo Fence runs a staggering 5,614 kilometres across three states, making it the largest fence in the world. Completed in 1885, the fence was built in an attempt to keep dingoes away from fertile land in the southeast corner of Australia and to protect flocks of sheep grazing in southern Queensland. The fence has been fairly successful, although holes have been found along the fence line, and these days feral camel have damaged several sections in South Australia. The Dingo Fence shouldn’t be confused with Western Australia’s Rabbit-Proof Fence.