Where were you born?

[silentC]

Geez, all that lot makes my origins rather un-exotic. I was born in Gippsland Vic. and came to Pambula Beach with my Parents when I was 7. I did live in Sydney for 16 years but woke up one day and asked myself why?

My Mum 'n' Dad were both born in Vic. Mum's dad was a pom (never met him, silly bugger died when she was 13), the other three Grandparents were Aussies. The generation before that all came from England and Scotland, some via NZ :eek:.

BTW Sturdee, there is a square and a tower bearing my family name in Amsterdam

[Sturdee]

BTW Sturdee, there is a square and a tower bearing my family name in Amsterdam

Pity that only you and I know what it is called. Maybe you should come out and tell all.

Never knew that the founding fathers of Amsterdam had your family in mind when way back they named those features.

Now we better let the tread get back on track before the thread Nazi complains. :eek: So let's hear where others came from.


Peter.

[silentC]

Never knew that the founding fathers of Amsterdam had your family in mind when way back they named those features

It's more likely that one of my ancestors worked there and took his name from it. For all the good that it does me now

[jackiew]

BTW Sturdee, there is a square and a tower bearing my family name in Amsterdam

going to New Zealand for a visit soon with my mum, apparently there is a road in Dunedin named after her relatives who emigrated out there so we're going to check it out

Apparently the South Australians are actively recruiting brits to emigrate to Adelaide at the moment. the bbc interviewed some SA residents to see what they thought of the idea. one of those interviewed said that it was ok as long as none of them moved in next door to them!!!

[Eastie]

Born in the high country of Victoria (the place to be ), moved to the low country, now travel between both. As for ancestry, I've a fair pint of Scottish blood flowing through me which gets topped up with single malt every now and then

[Rocker]

Jackie,

I think SA has a Soweto for poms, called Elizabeth, so that they don't have to live next door to them I believe you can only just make out the whining noise in the Adelaide CBD.

Rocker

[bitingmidge]

there is a square and a tower bearing my family name

Ppppfffttt!!!

[silentC]

What kind of a silly name is that? It's not even a point!! Where's the point?

[bitingmidge]

That's MY point!!

P

[Caliban]

Darren
Aren't you a cricket fan?
He comes from silly point!

[forunna]

Well, I was born right here on Perth. and Termite, those chain scars would be from when MY ancestors clapped the irons on your ancestors. hahahahaha. I think my roots go back to a guard on the second fleet and even a couple of drops of the original aussies in there somewhere too.(thanks to the same guard I think)

[Caliban]

I had a professor at Uni who used to say that the female convicts were literally sitting on a gold mine. Sounds like forunna's guard ancestor thought so too. I mean what else did they have to trade with?

[Driver]

I had a professor at Uni who used to say that the female convicts were literally sitting on a gold mine.

I had a mate who used that as a chat-up line.

It never worked. He could never work out why . . . :confused:

[Caliban]

Did he ever try the wog boy's secret line?
Or your by line of "good moaning"?
By the way, I've never been able to keep a straight face when anyone tells me their name is Naomi ever since I learned it says "I moan" backwards.

[Driver]

Jim

Neither the wog boy nor the iloostriarse Captoon were a twinkle in their scriptwriters' eyes when this particular mate was putting himself about. He has long since settled down - found a nice girl on whom he never tried that line, had a couple of kids and retired into private life.