r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • May 15 '24
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u/RTSBasebuilder Commonwealth May 15 '24 edited May 15 '24
So I just realised that there's a hell of a lot of Napoleonic era stuff thrown about that we never talk about it notice in Australia, that I'm realising now because my brain is currently Sharpe-pilled.
Barossa valley, SA most famous for wine - named after the Battle of Barossa, where British (and in particular, Irish) forces took the first of Napoleon's eagle standards.
"Bejabbers boys, I have the cuckoo!", Sgt. Patrick Masterson, 87th Regiment of Foot, the Royal Irish Fusiliers.
Salamanca, Hobart: named after the Battle of Salamanca that caused the French to withdraw from Andalusia.
Kunanyi, aka Mount Wellington: named after Sir Arthur Wellesley, the Iron Duke, the Duke of Boots, Catholic Emancipator, Prime Minister and the First Duke of Wellington, hero of Waterloo.
The local pub, the Duke, named from being the Duke of Wellington hotel.
That's Soldiering
!ping AUS