alised by the Guinness Book of Records [5] for sculling 2.5 pints of beer in 11 seconds. Bob later became the Prime Minister of Australia. p align="justify"> * Sir John Robertson [7], five times premier of New South Wales, drank a pint of rum every morning for 35 years. Later said: 'none of the men who have left footprints in this country have been cold water men.' p align="justify"> * Prime Minister Harold Holt went for a swim at Cheviot Beach, near Portsea on 17th December 1967, and was never seen again. The event has been referred to as 'the swim that needed no towel'. p align="justify"> * Until 1984, Australia's National anthem was "God save the Queen/King."
* Cartoonists - A cartoon is a drawing that makes a satirical, witty, or humorous point. On 17 July 1924, the world's first society of cartoonists, the Black and White Artists 'Society [8], was formed in Sydney. p align="justify"> * Yowie sighting - In 1987, the Alice Springs police station received a call from a frightened family. The family had stopped for a cup of tea after a morning of rabbit hunting. Then a huge ape like creature, two meters tall and covered in hair, leapt out of an empty water tank and began walking towards them. The family fled to their truck and the creature ran after them before disappearing into the bush. The man, Frank Burns believed it was a man however the women, Phyllis Kenny, told the press she could tell the difference between man and beast and this was definitely a beast. The following day police searched the area and found a man, 203 centimetres tall weighing a estimated 127-159 kg (or about two Oprah Winfreys) sitting naked by the roadside. The man was then taken to a local mental hospital. p align="justify"> * Australia day - January 26, Australia day, is the anniversary of ships arriving in Sydney carrying a load of Convicts.
* Australia was the 3rd country, after the US and Russia, to launch a satellite into orbit. It was for the British, using a 'Blue Streak' [9] rocket
. Convicts
* A census taken in 1828 found that half the population of NSW [10] were Convicts, and that former Convicts made up nearly half of the free population.
* It is estimated that by the time transportation ended in 1868, 40 per cent of Australia's English-speaking population were convicts.
* In 2007, it was estimated that 22 per cent of living Australians had a convict ancestor.
* Convicts were not sent to Australia for serious crimes. Serious crimes, such as murder, rape, or impersonating an Egyptian were given the death sentence in England. p align="justify"> * Crimes punishable by transportation included recommending that politicians get paid, starting a union, stealing fish from a river or pond, embezzlement, receiving or buying stolen goods, settin...
