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Re: Australia Day
Sarah Jones (sacubs@DOVE.NET.AU)
Thu, 23 Jan 1997 14:56:49 +1030
G'day All,
>The British established Australia as a prison colony after they lost the
>use of Georgia as a prison colony in 1781 after the battle of Yorktown
>during our revolutionary War of Independence from the English crown.
I would also like to add further to this. Not every state in Australia was
founded for convit use. The state where I live was settled by free
settlers. In fact, my family on my dad's side arrived about a month after
South Australia was proclaimed a state.
Just thought that people would be interested to know this bit of trivia.
YIS
Sarah Jones
Cub Scout Leader
Angle Vale Scout Group
Elizabeth district
South Australia
Australia
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