Local Trivia
Local Trivia - Reference City Guide
We come across all sorts of interesting tit-bits that are often very difficult to categorise, so this is where they end up...
◉ Australian Words the Yanks (Americans) Get Wrong
Melbourne
20 AUSTRALIAN WORDS THAT MEAN SOMETHING TOTALLY DIFFERENT IN THE USA.
The Yanks (Americans - Septic Tanks) are fascinated by the differences that exist between the Australian vocabulary and their own vocabul ..
◉ Lamington
Toowoomba
A lamington cake is a sponge cake coated in chocolate sauce and rolled in desiccated coconut.
Lamingtons were named after Lord Lamington (Governor of Queensland 1896 to 1901), or his wife, Lady Lamington.
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◉ Milk Bar
Australia
The term MILK BAR for a corner shop is unique in Australia & New Zealand. Elsewhere milk bars are called a convenience store, corner shop, general store or 7/11.
The local milk bar was part of the local comm ..
◉ Vegemite
187 Todd Road Fishermans Bend
Vegemite dates back to 1922 when Fred Walker and Cyril Callister developed a spread from one of the richest known natural sources of the vitamin B group - Brewers Yeast.
Walker turned to the Australian publi ..
◉ WiFi Technology Invented in Australia
Sydney
The 802.11 technology behind WiFi was invented in 1996 by Australian scientists from the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) in Canberra.
The original patents behind 802.11 W ..
