From the Special Broadcasting Service (SBS) webpage here, which includes details about each nugget eg. The Welcome Stranger was found in Victoria in 1869. It weighed approx. 72 kilograms and at the time of discovery was the largest known nugget in the world (60 by 45 by 19 centimetres).
The Welcome Stranger
The Welcome
The Hand of Faith
Schlemm nugget
Spondulix
The Little Jack
Lady Loch
The Pride of Australia
Thursday, 5 June 2008
Famous Australian Gold Nuggets
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Wednesday, 28 May 2008
Lord and Lady Apples
A list of Lord and Lady apple varieties compiled from a search of the Brogdale Horticultural Trust's Apple Collection here
Kirke's Lord Nelson
Lord Burghley
Lord Clyde
Lord Derby
Lord Derby spur type
Lord Grosvenor
Lord Hindlip
Lord Lambourne
Lord Lennox
Lord Peckover
Lord Rosebery
Lord Stradbroke
Lord Suffield
Lady Henniker
Lady Hollendale
Lady Hopetown
Lady Isabel
Lady Lambourne
Lady of the Lake
Lady of the Wemyss
Lady Sudeley
Lady William
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Monday, 12 May 2008
Names for Table Tennis
A list of early names for the game eventually known as Table Tennis from The International Table Tennis Federation's "A Comprehensive History of Table Tennis" here
Ping Pong or Gossima
Ping Pong
Table Tennis
Whiff Waff
Parlour Tennis
Indoor Tennis
Pom-Pom
Pim-Pam
Netto
Royal Game
Tennis de Salon
and others.
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