User:42° South/DYK

User:42° South

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	DYK's
...that an elaborate network of coastal batteries was built by British colonial authorities to protect Hobart Town, but it was never used to defend the Tasmanian port from attacks by enemy warships? (4 December, 2007) ...that the U.S. Defense Department issued archaeology awareness playing cards to educate soldiers serving in Iraq and Afghanistan on the importance of respecting ancient monuments? (17 December, 2007) ...that during the Korean War the 3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (pictured) received a Presidential Unit Citation from Dwight D. Eisenhower for their heroism in the Battle of Kapyong?(24 February, 2008) ...that activist Michael Mansell convinced Libyan leader Muammar al-Gaddafi to recognise an Aboriginal Australian passport to draw world attention to the issue of Aboriginal land rights? (26 March, 2008) ... that politicians have proposed replacing the red lion on the Flag of Tasmania with a thylacine or cape Barren Goose? (18 September, 2008) ... that San Giorgio a Cremano is so named because the residents called on their patron saint Saint George for protection from the fiery eruptions of Mount Vesuvius? (28 September, 2008) ... that Emerson Rodwell, a former captain of the Tasmanian cricket team, scored 11,542 runs and took 331 wickets in his club career, as well as earning the Military Medal in Borneo during World War II? (6 December, 2008) ... that Dutch baroque painter Jan Wyck spent most of his career in England, where he influenced the development of British military art? (21 December, 2008) ... that the City of Clarence, Tasmania, was established in the traditional hunting grounds of the Moomairemener, eventually leading to the Black War? (3 January, 2009) ... that by winning the 2008 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race, 30-metre maxi yacht Wild Oats XI (pictured) set a new record of four wins in a row? (5 January, 2009) ... that when the six separate British colonies in Australia federated to become the Commonwealth of Australia in 1901, they all had their own armies fighting in the Second Boer War? (15 November, 2009) ... that South Hobart's record of five championships in a row from 1919 to 1923 in Football Federation Tasmania's state championship has never been equalled? (30 November, 2009) Total: 12