At 06:59 PM 31/08/2010, Libby wrote: >"The European history of Tasmania is relatively recent and was >initially colonized as a place to imprison Australian convicts shipped >over from England's overcrowded prison system. If I may be so bold as to correct you, Libby - these were not Australian convicts, these were English, Irish, Scottish and Welsh convicts who may have in time become Australian if they were fortunate to have lived long enough. Ta Graham Melbourne Oz