Old History photo # 241

"These are the cells on an 1800's convict ship. In 1787, the First Fleet, a group of convict ships departed from England to establish the first colonial settlement in Australia, as a penal colony.

The First Fleet included boats containing food and animals from London.

The ships and boats of the fleet would explore the coast of Australia by sailing all around it looking for suitable farming land and resources. The fleet arrived at Botany Bay, Sydney on 18 January 1788, then moved to Sydney Cove (modern-day Circular Quay) and established the first permanent European settlement in Australia. This marked the beginning of the European colonisation "

https://ruralhistoria.com/2024/03/0...y9ydTb4wF6QAsKs2US5BGKXACKd7mKOnsYX8dTbg

I'd have definitely wanted to miss that trip!

So the idea of emptying out prisons and dumping them in another country is not new. What's new is a country knowingly welcoming them in.

Food and cattle and a residence in desolate country What a novel idea

So true.

full article
https://ruralhistoria.com/2024/03/0...y9ydTb4wF6QAsKs2US5BGKXACKd7mKOnsYX8dTbg

Wasn't a country then, just Aboriginal Natives and a few settlers.

Well geez Lefty it looks like everyone got an Ocean view cabin, what’s not to like about that?

Osky

Interesting national dynamic. Everyone a descendant of condemned prisoners or their jailers.

If there is fur there, sign me up! Wish there was someplace to move to, but alas…..only in my dreams!

Call me picky but I am guessing the smell alone would make a guy want to walk the plank!

History repeats itself and a lot more often sometimes.

Truth