Convicts ? - probably not to Australia now Trees of some variety? Aboriginees ? Rules of how to play sport nicely ?
Nothing right so far. Of the first shipment in 1888 only 44 survived the journey due to high temperatures around the equator. Ideally, when transported over long distances they are kept at a constant 35 degree Celsius temp - which wasn't possible to regulate in the ships of those days.
Barry is the closest so far in that it does have something loosely to do with seeds - or rather the creation of seed banks.
Another mega clue. We have just had a big debate on our board - what was the original subject of it ? Get this and you are nearly there.
In 1888 the first British Lions tour to Australia and NZ. Accompanying them were a shipment of stoats and weasels. There is much debate in NZ about which of the ships passengers ultimately caused most damage to NZ
Sorry NZ - that may be the case but it's not what I'm looking for. The shipments were between 1888 and 1906 (there had also been an experimental delivery in 1885) introducing something which farmers badly needed.
Nobody there yet. It's not possible to google so I will wait until midday and then give out the answer, and set a different (easier) question. This one is easy though if you follow the clues.
Nobody there yet. Just to summarize - transported between 1885/88 and 1906 - needed by farmers - some didn't survive the journey - when transported a constant 35 degrees celsius (95 Fahrenheit) is best (lower is not too serious - but higher is unthinkable) - Australia needs them but doesn't have them (as is also true for some states of the USA) - has to do with the creation of seedbanks - and the original cause of a recent debate on our board will lead you in the right direction.
With your clue about debates I might have gone for teachers, or public servants (the strike debate), can't think they needed GTH or politicians - but these don't fit the bill - nor do lambs or calves if Australia does not have them so I give up
There have been a few of those recently - a couple I stayed clear of but were about banning and moderating.
o.k. I don't think anyone is going to get this one so I'll solve this and set an easier one. our debate was to whether a certain species of Bee (ie. Busy Bee) should be released into our environment - that was the biggest clue. Between 1885/88 and 1906 500 Bumble Bee Queens were exported from England to New Zealand. They were needed because the native Bees (honey bees have much shorter tongues) were not able to pollinate many plants needed in agriculture, such as red clover. From about 70 crops which need pollination about 35 are pollinated exclusively by bumble bees - also many fruit farmers find them more reliable than honey bees. Australian fruit farmers are pressing the government to allow for the import of long tongued species of bumble bee. In some states of the USA the bumble bee is now extinct - at an immense cost for agriculture. A bumble bee can hold a constant body temperature of 35 Degrees Celsius (regardless of cool temperatures) which enables the Queen to fly out at 4 degrees above zero - (above 35 Celsius a Bumble Bee cannot fly) nests are always between 30 and 35 degrees regardless of cooler outdoor temperatures - but when the outdoor temperature rises above that figure then it becomes critical. This is why nests are always built in shaded places. Before containerization freight was transported in the hold of ships where temperatures in equatorial regions could reach 45+. Hence, few survived the journey. Now for an easier question - which singer began his career by having trials at Accrington Stanley ?
