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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