>>>>>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6594557.stm
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>>>>This from a former penal colony?
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>>>There but for the grace of God ...
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>>>When the colonists kicked out their masters from America Britain turned all her attention onto Australia. If it hadn't been for the War of Indep then the USA may have become the penal colony.
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>>>The Brits, in the 1830s also kicked out rebellious frenchmen from upper and lower Canada, and exiled some of them to such terrible places as Van Daemans Land (Tazmania) and Bermuda. It must have been hell for les pauvres!
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>>North America was a penal colony for Brittan for almost 150 years, and Australia for only 75. What we call the state of Georgia was a penal colony, long before the British settled Australia in 1788.
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>>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penal_colony
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>>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia
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>Ecco!
>
>So with Mike it's a case of the pot calling the kettle black :-)

Yes sir! We have more experience in such matters! :)