Friday, April 20, 2012

quicko: diggers

Australian term for soldiers, particularly those in World War I who were digging in the trenches.  Hence, the Harbord Diggers RSL overlooking Curl Curl isn't just an oddly named building as I'd assumed, but actually named in honor of soldiers (funny how that goes along with an RSL -- returned serviceman's league? (similar to a VFW)).

1 comment:

Mom said...

That is a totally different connotation to the word Diggers than we commonly use at home for heavy construction equipment, like backhoes. (Humans vs. machines, not the concept of actual digging, which they both do; hence the obvious name.)