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Its all in the name
bobstafford Started conversation Oct 18, 2010
He was a ...
brewer
Printer
Diplomat
Composer
A head of state
He was not Australian
Who was he
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gandalfstwin OGGMSTKMBGSUIKWIATA Posted Oct 18, 2010
Was not Australian.............
Is that important????
Could you have said "He was not Welsh" for the same effect????
GT
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mikeyc0312 - Humans are mad. How else can you describe a creature that spends large amounts of time arguing with itself? Posted Oct 18, 2010
Technically, there has never been an Australian head of state. When Australia was founded, it was part of the British Empire, so the British monarch was head of state. When the Empire collapsed, Australia became part of the "Commonwealth of Nations", so the British monarch remained as Austarlia's head of state.
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gandalfstwin OGGMSTKMBGSUIKWIATA Posted Oct 18, 2010
But he could have been the Head of State of another Nation, mikey!!
GT
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Rod Posted Oct 18, 2010
'angonnermo. How many states (countries) are there that ...
oh... O'Higgins?
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bobstafford Posted Oct 18, 2010
As always I try to put a clue in the question
Its all in the name
gandalfstwin OGGMSTKMBGSUIKWIATA Posted Oct 18, 2010
Re-Phrase this....
He was an Astronomer..
A philosopher
A poet
A Historian
A Theatre Critic....
Are we speaking of the same man?????
GT
Its all in the name
bobstafford Posted Oct 18, 2010
mikeyc0312 perhaps I should have said not only Austrilian
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gandalfstwin OGGMSTKMBGSUIKWIATA Posted Oct 18, 2010
Clue hunting bob!!
When did 'New Holland' become Australia??
GT
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gandalfstwin OGGMSTKMBGSUIKWIATA Posted Oct 18, 2010
OOOOOH
Brave, pedro, brave!!!
GT
Its all in the name
bobstafford Posted Oct 18, 2010
Nope
Consider its not as straight forward as it appears
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gandalfstwin OGGMSTKMBGSUIKWIATA Posted Oct 18, 2010
Christ Bob!!
Just going for the obvious I can see 25 tripwires with my IR goggles!!!
You gotta give us a titbit or three of clues on this........
Or are you going for the 
record on this one????
GT
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Geggs Posted Oct 19, 2010
Given the title, I'm starting to wonder whether we are looking for one man, or several man with the same name. Hmmm.
Geggs
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lil ~ Auntie Giggles with added login ~ returned Posted Oct 19, 2010
Apart from the Head of State, the name Churchill would have covered the others.
lil xx
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hygienicdispenser Posted Oct 19, 2010
If there's a clue in the title, I can get 'Tallis' as an anagram of 'Its all', and Thomas Tallis was a composer. 
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- 1: bobstafford (Oct 18, 2010)
- 2: bobstafford (Oct 18, 2010)
- 3: gandalfstwin OGGMSTKMBGSUIKWIATA (Oct 18, 2010)
- 4: mikeyc0312 - Humans are mad. How else can you describe a creature that spends large amounts of time arguing with itself? (Oct 18, 2010)
- 5: gandalfstwin OGGMSTKMBGSUIKWIATA (Oct 18, 2010)
- 6: Rod (Oct 18, 2010)
- 7: bobstafford (Oct 18, 2010)
- 8: gandalfstwin OGGMSTKMBGSUIKWIATA (Oct 18, 2010)
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- 10: bobstafford (Oct 18, 2010)
- 11: gandalfstwin OGGMSTKMBGSUIKWIATA (Oct 18, 2010)
- 12: pedro (Oct 18, 2010)
- 13: gandalfstwin OGGMSTKMBGSUIKWIATA (Oct 18, 2010)
- 14: bobstafford (Oct 18, 2010)
- 15: gandalfstwin OGGMSTKMBGSUIKWIATA (Oct 18, 2010)
- 16: Geggs (Oct 19, 2010)
- 17: lil ~ Auntie Giggles with added login ~ returned (Oct 19, 2010)
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