Talk:Thomas Austin (pastoralist)

message: This page is important as it outlines the individual who is widely believed to be soley responsible for the introduction of a noctious pest into Australia.
I have searched through wikipedia and as yet found no reference to his life.—Preceding unsigned comment added by U4233161 (talk • contribs) 05:57, 22 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: The given birthdates for Austin (1870 or 74) seem to contradict the timeline for his introduction of rabbits in 1859.  Perhaps the birthdate belongs to a different individual?—Preceding unsigned comment added by 220.238.117.31 (talk) 14:44, 15 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I've removed the birth, death and family tree information. It is clearly the wrong Thomas Austin. Rocksong 02:56, 27 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Incompatible birthdates? 

message: Why is it that the only thing anyone seems to know about Thomas Austin is his contribution to Australia's rabbit saga?  I've added an external reference as a prelude to writing a more balanced biography.  MulgaBill 21:19, 1 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Because it's the only thing of historical note which he ever did. Rocksong 23:41, 1 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Rabbits!

message: I've rewritten the article and moved all the info on rabbits to Rabbits in Australia. MulgaBill 23:47, 1 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I'd still like rabbits to be given more prominence; such as a mention in the first paragraph. If it wasn't for the rabbits, Austin would be a person of extremely minor historical imporatance, and he wouldn't deserve a Wikipedia article. Rocksong 00:07, 2 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Rewrite

message: I've undone Peter Ballard's removal of the redlinked names.  Thomas's brother James, and his wife Elizabeth were notable in several ways (James = Mayor of Geelong & Glastonbury, Eng; Elizabeth = benefactor of Austin Hospital, Melb, and Austin Homes, Geelong).  Just because no one's written an entry on them yet, doesn't mean one couldn't or shouldn't, and the redlink serves as a prompt (Yeah, I know, I should write something myself - one day, one day!) Oh, and whether Thomas was of 'extremely minor historical imporatance' [sic] depends on your perspective, doesn't it, Rocksong?  There are plenty of people with entries who seem rather trivial to me, but I respect the contributions they have made, and the significance that others attribute to them.  I'm frequently looking up 'minor' people or events to check a fact, or flesh out a topic.  After all, isn't that the purpose of a comprehensive, accessible encyclopedia like Wikipedia? MulgaBill 21:16, 10 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Redlinked names

message: Perhaps 'credited with' should be changed to 'noted for' or something similar? Surely there's nothing positive about the introduction of rabbits to Australia.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Joystick74 (talk • contribs) 10:00, 1 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Credited?

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*Added archive https://web.archive.org/20060828103328/http://www.sbs.com.au/gold/story.html?storyid=130 to http://www.sbs.com.au/gold/story.html?storyid=130
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thread_title:  External links modified 

message: :The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion. 
The result of the move request was: Consensus to move to the (pastoralist)   (t · c) buidhe 10:26, 9 January 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Requested move 2 January 2022