Cordelia ,'The Cautionary Tale of Numero Cinco'
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So in Australia, having proof that a relative was a convict is the equivalent of those people who trace back to the Mayflower - I'm just having all these great images of DAR matrons proudly describing the exploits of their ancestors who were transported for prostitution and theft.
Yep. It does help that most of them were transported for relatively minor offences (or, as noted, for fighting against English rule in Ireland). But you do occasionally find a doozy.
Well, due to the American method of teaching history, much of what I learned about transportation of criminals began with "Moll Flanders", so it leads to picturing ships full of Diana Riggs and Alex Kingstons being sent off with David Attenborough narrating.
Devil Hunter Yoko is pretty similar to BtVS in basic set up. But, as noted, there's a whole genre of supernatural high school stories.
Billytea - as Robert Hughes pointed out, more people were transported for sheep-buggery than for nationalism and trade unionism combined.
Brings a whole new meaning to a nation built on the sheep's back.
Can I get an ewww?
pardon
I don't wish to clog up my RAM with that kind of talk.
t looks sheepish Sorry.
t tries to resist 'oh dog, I can't stop'
Stop trying to lambpoon us.
It's that kinda woolly headed thinking that leads to being eaten.
It's that kinda woolly headed thinking that leads to being eaten.
Ok, really: Ewwwwww.
Oops. Sorry: Ewwwwwwwe.
I'm now earwormed with "Don't fence me in."
Don't ask why.
Also, billytea: please, never tell me that there really is a kind of worm that lives in your ear.
jimi: tup, tup.