State Lines
Jan 31st 2005, 9:41 am
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State Lines
Does anyone know who drew up the state lines, and why they are all straight except for the NSW ones 
Who decided to put a wiggle on the end of the NSW/Queensland? Was there arguments and Mungindi and Byron Bay insist on being in NSW - Just an idle thought.
Who decided to put a wiggle on the end of the NSW/Queensland? Was there arguments and Mungindi and Byron Bay insist on being in NSW - Just an idle thought.
Jan 31st 2005, 9:58 am
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Re: State Lines
Hic-cups in the drawing office ?
Jan 31st 2005, 10:02 am
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Re: State Lines
some of the the straight ones run along the lines of longitude and latitude - e.g. between NT & QLD, and SA & NT.
NSW/Vic runs along the Murray
edit cos actually all the straight ones are along lat/longitude
NSW/Vic runs along the Murray
edit cos actually all the straight ones are along lat/longitude
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Jan 31st 2005, 10:10 am
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Re: State Lines
Originally Posted by Bix
Hic-cups in the drawing office ?
HP - thanks, but I still don't get the wiggle heading for Tweed Heads/Coolangatta?
Anyone else?
Jan 31st 2005, 10:16 am
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no idea Moneypen!
Check out this chronology of Aus state boundaries. Quite an interesting evolution
http://www.nla.gov.au/guides/federation/images/map.jpg
Check out this chronology of Aus state boundaries. Quite an interesting evolution
http://www.nla.gov.au/guides/federation/images/map.jpg
Jan 31st 2005, 10:37 am
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Re: State Lines
Originally Posted by moneypen20
Does anyone know who drew up the state lines, and why they are all straight except for the NSW ones Who decided to put a wiggle on the end of the NSW/Queensland? Was there arguments and Mungindi and Byron Bay insist on being in NSW - Just an idle thought.
Who decided to put a wiggle on the end of the NSW/Queensland? Was there arguments and Mungindi and Byron Bay insist on being in NSW - Just an idle thought.http://www.ga.gov.au/education/facts...ns/borders.htm
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Jan 31st 2005, 11:39 am
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Re: State Lines
think it follows some river systems and also weaves around the border ranges.... desperatley trying to remember what my teachers told me in primary school...... otherwise is a was a fairly straight carving up of the greater state of NSW.... that is the NSW/Qld border...
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Jan 31st 2005, 12:14 pm
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Probably the same people that called Adelaide Adelaide and yet the Adelaide River is in the northern territories.....
Jan 31st 2005, 12:24 pm
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the European explorers did lots of funny things when they named various geographical and geological features in the world...
Jan 31st 2005, 12:45 pm
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Re: State Lines
They say there's a railway line across Siberia that has a kink in it for no apparent reason. The legend has it that Stalin drew the line across the map and the ruler had a dent in it. No-one was brave enough to question the line, so the railway made a detour.
Sounds like piffle to me - but entertaining piffle .
Sounds like piffle to me - but entertaining piffle .
Jan 31st 2005, 1:28 pm
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Re: State Lines
Thanks guys, I think
Jan 31st 2005, 1:56 pm
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Moneypen
Thanks to you as I've been looking for the latin saying for ages that you have in your signature!!
Our history teacher taught us it at school but I have been unable to remember it!!
Thanks to you as I've been looking for the latin saying for ages that you have in your signature!!
Our history teacher taught us it at school but I have been unable to remember it!!
Jan 31st 2005, 4:16 pm
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Re: State Lines
Originally Posted by bridiej
Moneypen
Thanks to you as I've been looking for the latin saying for ages that you have in your signature!!
Our history teacher taught us it at school but I have been unable to remember it!!
Thanks to you as I've been looking for the latin saying for ages that you have in your signature!!
Our history teacher taught us it at school but I have been unable to remember it!!
Ours was rubbish - old fart who fell over a lot and asked us not to climb out of the window
Jan 31st 2005, 4:17 pm
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Re: State Lines
Originally Posted by moneypen20
You had a cool history teacher Ours was rubbish - old fart who fell over a lot and asked us not to climb out of the window
Ours was rubbish - old fart who fell over a lot and asked us not to climb out of the window
Jan 31st 2005, 4:25 pm
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Re: State Lines
Originally Posted by bridiej
He was alright but had an affair with a student and they ended up married!!! :scared: