Who / What / Where Game - Page 595

Aktungbby · 08-27-19, 01:46 PM

sorry

Jimbuna · 08-27-19, 01:49 PM

Eisenwurst · 08-27-19, 06:00 PM

Sorry peeps. Time zones make for a slow reply.

No Jim. Not Ned Kelly or Henry Lewis Lavenu.

No Aktung. He was a "Good Guy".

Another clue :- I posted a bit of a story not too long ago about a significant event in young Sydney's history. This gent features prominently.

Aktungbby · 08-27-19, 08:35 PM

was this an ambrotype by the Freeman Brothers studio?

Eisenwurst · 08-27-19, 08:45 PM

Yeah they did a fine job don'tcha think?

Did you enjoy the story sad though it was??

Oh and yeah..... name please.

Aktungbby · 08-28-19, 12:34 AM

happy stories??well...the sharks musta thought it was a 'blue light special'!

THE GENT IS THE SOLE SURVIVOR OF THE WRECK OF THE DUNBAR : JAMES JOHNSON

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Johnson wind-burned cheeks and chapped lips provide stark evidence of his ordeal. He is simply clothed in a thick, woollen single-breasted pilot’s coat with a built-in shoulder cape and narrow turn-back collar, over a white shirt and scarf neck tie, presumably all brand new and supplied ‘ready-to wear’ by a Sydney outfitter. James Johnson (1837-1915 ) the sole of the Dunbar shipwreck; J.W. Denslow photographed Johnson in a casually seated pose while Freeman Bros. advertised a ‘collodiotype on paper’ (SMH, 29/8/1857, p. 8). For many years after his ordeal, Johnson was the lighthouse keeper at Newcastle and, while in that position, succeeded in saving the lives of others. He died at his home in Dulwich Hill at the age of 78.

I KNEW I'D SEEN THIS FACE BUT YOUR ARTICLE/POST HAD ONLY USED AN ETCHING COPY

BASED ON THIS PHOTO, AN EXPENSIVE AMBROTYPE, WHICH THREW ME OFF A BIT. I SPENT A FAIR AMOUNR OF TIME THINKING IT WAS THE REBEL: PETER LALOR FROM THE EUREKA STOCKADE REBELLION-1853

BUT COULDN'T RESOLVE THE NONCLEFT CHIN, LEFT SIDE HAIR PART(taking into account reversal of the plate in printing, a typical occurrence in them-thar days) AND HE WAS NEVER AROUND SYDNEY....UNTIL HE BECAME A FORMER OUTLAW MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Lalor

Eisenwurst · 08-28-19, 02:52 AM

Well..... you got it.

James Johnson went from being rescued as the only survivor from a shipwreck in 1857, to being the rescuer of the only survivor from a shipwreck some years later.

Re the "Dunbar", she went down carrying a fortune in cargo. Among other things there was ( according to various sources ) either 10,000 or 50,000 gold sovreigns!!!!!

Since the introduction of Scuba in the 1950s the wreck site was heavily plundered until it was belatedly protected by the Gov't. Now there's just the Ship's ballast and 2 anchors left where she went down.........however given how the wreckage was strewn from Macquarie Lighthouse to Middle Harbour there's a good chance that there's still parts waiting to be discovered, she was a big ship.

However again the site is a mass grave of sorts and should
now be left undisturbed.

Looking forward to your one.

Aktungbby · 08-28-19, 03:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by eisenwurst

However again the site is a mass grave of sorts and should
now be left undisturbed.

Looking forward to your one.

NOT AFTER THE 'BLUE LIGHT SPECIAL" ITS NOT!

WHATS THIS

Jimbuna · 08-28-19, 06:09 AM

Fokker d vii cockpit?

Aktungbby · 08-28-19, 09:31 AM

^EXACTLY!

Jimbuna · 08-28-19, 10:04 AM

Nice one, I'm about to go out so it may be tomorrow before I can put something up.

Jimbuna · 08-29-19, 06:19 AM

Okay then, what is this?

u crank · 08-29-19, 07:30 AM

Is it part of a land based vehicle?

Jimbuna · 08-29-19, 07:45 AM

Certainly land based.

u crank · 08-29-19, 08:53 AM

Of a military type?

08-27-19, 01:46 PM	#8911
Aktungbby Gefallen Engel U-666 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: On a tilted, overheated, overpopulated spinning mudball on Collision course with Andromeda Galaxy Posts: 27,862 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	sorry __________________ "Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human squirrelyness; and I'm not too sure about the Universe"

08-27-19, 01:49 PM	#8912
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 181,217 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	__________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!! GWX3.0 Download Page - Donation/instant access to GWX (Help SubSim)

08-27-19, 06:00 PM	#8913
Eisenwurst Silent Hunter Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 3,606 Downloads: 58 Uploads: 0	Sorry peeps. Time zones make for a slow reply. No Jim. Not Ned Kelly or Henry Lewis Lavenu. No Aktung. He was a "Good Guy". Another clue :- I posted a bit of a story not too long ago about a significant event in young Sydney's history. This gent features prominently. __________________

08-27-19, 08:35 PM	#8914
Aktungbby Gefallen Engel U-666 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: On a tilted, overheated, overpopulated spinning mudball on Collision course with Andromeda Galaxy Posts: 27,862 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	was this an ambrotype by the Freeman Brothers studio? __________________ "Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human squirrelyness; and I'm not too sure about the Universe"

08-27-19, 08:45 PM	#8915
Eisenwurst Silent Hunter Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 3,606 Downloads: 58 Uploads: 0	Yeah they did a fine job don'tcha think? Did you enjoy the story sad though it was?? Oh and yeah..... name please. __________________

08-28-19, 02:52 AM	#8917
Eisenwurst Silent Hunter Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 3,606 Downloads: 58 Uploads: 0	Well..... you got it. James Johnson went from being rescued as the only survivor from a shipwreck in 1857, to being the rescuer of the only survivor from a shipwreck some years later. Re the "Dunbar", she went down carrying a fortune in cargo. Among other things there was ( according to various sources ) either 10,000 or 50,000 gold sovreigns!!!!! Since the introduction of Scuba in the 1950s the wreck site was heavily plundered until it was belatedly protected by the Gov't. Now there's just the Ship's ballast and 2 anchors left where she went down.........however given how the wreckage was strewn from Macquarie Lighthouse to Middle Harbour there's a good chance that there's still parts waiting to be discovered, she was a big ship. However again the site is a mass grave of sorts and should now be left undisturbed. Looking forward to your one. __________________

08-28-19, 06:09 AM	#8919
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 181,217 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Fokker d vii cockpit? __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!! GWX3.0 Download Page - Donation/instant access to GWX (Help SubSim)

08-28-19, 09:31 AM	#8920
Aktungbby Gefallen Engel U-666 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: On a tilted, overheated, overpopulated spinning mudball on Collision course with Andromeda Galaxy Posts: 27,862 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	^EXACTLY! __________________ "Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human squirrelyness; and I'm not too sure about the Universe"

08-28-19, 10:04 AM	#8921
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 181,217 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Nice one, I'm about to go out so it may be tomorrow before I can put something up. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!! GWX3.0 Download Page - Donation/instant access to GWX (Help SubSim)

08-29-19, 06:19 AM	#8922
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 181,217 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Okay then, what is this? __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!! GWX3.0 Download Page - Donation/instant access to GWX (Help SubSim)

08-29-19, 07:30 AM	#8923
u crank Old enough to know better Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Prince Edward Island Posts: 11,559 Downloads: 136 Uploads: 0	Is it part of a land based vehicle? __________________ “Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.” ― Arthur C. Clarke

08-29-19, 07:45 AM	#8924
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 181,217 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Certainly land based. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!! GWX3.0 Download Page - Donation/instant access to GWX (Help SubSim)

08-29-19, 08:53 AM	#8925
u crank Old enough to know better Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Prince Edward Island Posts: 11,559 Downloads: 136 Uploads: 0	Of a military type? __________________ “Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.” ― Arthur C. Clarke