From the Toronto Stat Thursday, May, 13, 2010
"On this date in 1787 Captain Arthur Phillip departed Portsmouth, England, with eleven ships full of convicts, also known as the Frist Fleet, to establish a penal colony in Austraia."
Regards,
Gerald.

  ....that's it three cheers for oz convict stock  ....mine were on HMS Scarborough ..... .....Derek

Ah yes, the Scarborough. I believe this had the worst lot of pig-stealers on board and was put under the command of a skipper who could get lost on the local duck pond iin the certain knowledge he would hit an uncharted reff somewhere off south America. By some mischance he made it. Still, the best laid schemes....!!        Anon, using someone elses computer, left handed so this message can only be traced to EDDY.

How times have changed. My mate was sent back to England because he had a conviction. R.G.Y.

no no no PD's...my relo was  not a pig stealer but just a common thief 

Here is a snap of the crime of John Nichols.....who must have been an enterprising type as within 20 years became the Chief Constabble of Police for the area of Prospect

Now his good wife [Ann Pugh] worked for a wig maker in London & was found guilty of stealing a few "hanks"'of pig hair & transported to OZ  .....Derek