"Lloyd Mitchell" <lloydmitchell@serieux.net> wrote in message news:mailman.593.1254065436.19407.genanz@rootsweb.com... > At first I thought that Geoff's question was a joke, but then I remembered > 'The Barassi Line' as defined by the noted Australian historian, the late > Professor Ian Turner, in his 'Ron Barassi Memorial Lecture' in 1978. > > To quote: 'Australia is divided by a deep cultural rift known as the > Barassi Line. It runs between Canberra, Broken Hill, Birdsville and > Maningrida (Arnhem Land) and it divides Australia between Rugby and > Rules'. > > There's some debate about the exact course of the line (should Canberra be > in or out; how much of Queensland plays AFL and so on), but if Geoff's > question is serious, then he's obviously from the east of it! > > Best > > Lloyd > MITCHELLS and WALKERS from Kardella. Korumburra and thereabouts. > > > > Sherrie Blackman wrote: >> Hi Geoff, >> >> Ron is an old AFL footballer :) Lovely chap, great story. :) >> >> http://www.sbs.com.au/shows/whodoyouthinkyouare/watchonline/page/i/1/h/Watch-Online/ >> >> Kind regards, >> Sherrie. >> >> >> >> On Sun, 27 Sep 2009 23:18:49 +1000, Geoff Pearson >> <gspearson1647@hotmail.com> wrote: >> >> >>> "Brent" <brent.richards77@gmail.com> wrote in message >>> news:30dedac2-eebd-403f-a9c1-9c43020f6cea@f20g2000prn.googlegroups.com... >>> >>>> A reminder that the first episode will air tonight at 7:30pm AEST on >>>> SBS, featuring Ron Barassi. >>>> >>> Who is Ron Barassi? >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >> > But I am in Scotland, so all this is very exotic to me - I don't understand football in this country, let alone the other countries of the UK. Odd that the WDYTYA formula is worldwide (although your tree is different to ours) but the celebrities are not. We had David Mitchell and Kate Humble recently on ours - yes, who? I don't really understand why they do personalities rather than people with interesting families. Does Ron cry - footballers do here and everyone in WDYTYA has to cry?

On Sep 28, 2:09 am, "Geoff Pearson" <gspearson1...@hotmail.com> wrote: >Odd that > the WDYTYA formula is worldwide (although your tree is different to ours) Not odd at all. Initially, some episodes of the UK series were shown here featuring personalities who were known in Australia - Stephen Fry, Jeremy Clarkson, Nigella Lawson etc. They obviously had such a good audience response that it was decided to do a series of well known Australians. > Does Ron cry - footballers do > here and everyone in WDYTYA has to cry? Yes, but he did have something to cry about. His father was killed at Tobruk in 1941 when Ron was 5, and he met veterans who were with his father when he died. There was also a particularly poignant story about a convict ancestor from Ireland. I would have cried too. Vivien