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As a shipping enterprise, the First Fleet quickly lapsed into virtual chaos, due in no small part to opportunism, aggression, badly-directed energy, budgetary illogic and a lack of involvement by the British East India Company, which had the expertise to handle the task with ease had it chosen to assist in the project. As theContinue reading “The First Fleet”

Last time I mentioned that transporting convicts to Australia was because of overcrowding in the prison ships and the prisons in England. I also mentioned that this was not the only reason. After Captain James Cook returned to Britain he gave a detailed report on how he had discovered a wonderful land that was veryContinue reading “More Reasons Convicts Were Transported”

The answer is not as easy at it appears. When I was a lot younger I believed that our convicts were the result of Britain dumping them out here because they had nowhere else to go, at least that was what I was taught. In part that is true but there was a lot moreContinue reading “WHY DID BRITAIN TRANSPORT CONVICTS ACROSS THE WORLD?”

How far back does our history go? We already know that the indigenous Australians go back somewhere between 40,000 and 60,000 years but in actual fact an unprecedented DNA study has found evidence of a single human migration out of Africa and confirmed that the Australian Aborigines are the oldest known civilisation on earth withContinue reading “EARLY AUSTRALIAN HISTORY”

Is Australia in danger of losing its unique language and culture? I think so! Think about some of the conversations you may have had over the past couple of days and say, truthfully, have you heard something like this : You – ‘Hey mate, owyagoin?’ Them – ‘Good buddy, how bout you?’ Do you seeContinue reading “AMERICANISATION”