The best book on the subject of the colony is "The Fatal Shore" by Robert Hughes val xx > Today is a rather important day in the birth of what was to become the > nation of Australia. This date, January 18, 1788, saw the arrival, at > Botany > Bay of the first British prisoners, euphemistically called settlers, to > begin the penal colony in Australia. That first fleet, made up of 11 > ships, > with a "cargo" of about 780 British convicts, was the vanguard of the > penal > colony with further fleets arriving in 1790 and 1791. The first free > settlers did not arrive in Australia until 1793. The stories of the > convicts > and the free settlers are written up in many places, and among them are > the > following from the internet. > http://www.cultureandrecreation.gov.au/articles/convicts/ > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Australia_(1788-1850) > http://www.ulladulla.info/historian/ffstory.html > http://www.botanybay.nsw.gov.au/city/history.htm > http://www.skwirk.com.au/p-c_s-56_u-477_t-1302_c-5006/WA/8/The-First-Fleet-t > he-process-of-colonisation/The-arrival-of-the-British/Colonisation-and-confl > ict-the-European-arrive/SOSE-History/ > http://www.imagesaustralia.com/botanybay.htm > > Capt'n John > "IS THE SUBJECT LINE STILL RELEVANT? > If not, PLEASE change it." > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Read that many years ago--really enjoyed it. Jean USA Valerie Bower <[email protected]> wrote: The best book on the subject of the colony is "The Fatal Shore" by Robert Hughes val xx > Today is a rather important day in the birth of what was to become the > nation of Australia. This date, January 18, 1788, saw the arrival, at > Botany > Bay of the first British prisoners, euphemistically called settlers, to > begin the penal colony in Australia. That first fleet, made up of 11 > ships, > with a "cargo" of about 780 British convicts, was the vanguard of the > penal > colony with further fleets arriving in 1790 and 1791. The first free > settlers did not arrive in Australia until 1793. The stories of the > convicts > and the free settlers are written up in many places, and among them are > the > following from the internet. > http://www.cultureandrecreation.gov.au/articles/convicts/ > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Australia_(1788-1850) > http://www.ulladulla.info/historian/ffstory.html > http://www.botanybay.nsw.gov.au/city/history.htm > http://www.skwirk.com.au/p-c_s-56_u-477_t-1302_c-5006/WA/8/The-First-Fleet-t > he-process-of-colonisation/The-arrival-of-the-British/Colonisation-and-confl > ict-the-European-arrive/SOSE-History/ > http://www.imagesaustralia.com/botanybay.htm > > Capt'n John > "IS THE SUBJECT LINE STILL RELEVANT? > If not, PLEASE change it." > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message "IS THE SUBJECT LINE STILL RELEVANT? If not, PLEASE change it." ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Yes a good read Val xx > Read that many years ago--really enjoyed it. > Jean USA > > > > > > > > Valerie Bower <[email protected]> wrote: > The best book on the subject of the colony is "The Fatal Shore" by Robert > Hughes > val xx > > > >> Today is a rather important day in the birth of what was to become the >> nation of Australia. This date, January 18, 1788, saw the arrival, at >> Botany >> Bay of the first British prisoners, euphemistically called settlers, to >> begin the penal colony in Australia. That first fleet, made up of 11 >> ships, >> with a "cargo" of about 780 British convicts, was the vanguard of the >> penal >> colony with further fleets arriving in 1790 and 1791. The first free >> settlers did not arrive in Australia until 1793. The stories of the >> convicts >> and the free settlers are written up in many places, and among them are >> the >> following from the internet. >> http://www.cultureandrecreation.gov.au/articles/convicts/ >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Australia_(1788-1850) >> http://www.ulladulla.info/historian/ffstory.html >> http://www.botanybay.nsw.gov.au/city/history.htm >> http://www.skwirk.com.au/p-c_s-56_u-477_t-1302_c-5006/WA/8/The-First-Fleet-t >> he-process-of-colonisation/The-arrival-of-the-British/Colonisation-and-confl >> ict-the-European-arrive/SOSE-History/ >> http://www.imagesaustralia.com/botanybay.htm >> >> Capt'n John >> "IS THE SUBJECT LINE STILL RELEVANT? >> If not, PLEASE change it." >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without >> the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > "IS THE SUBJECT LINE STILL RELEVANT? > If not, PLEASE change it." > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > "IS THE SUBJECT LINE STILL RELEVANT? > If not, PLEASE change it." > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message