The founding fathers of Australia: the convicts

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUIZ : WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT AUSTRALIA? 

AUSTRALIAN EARLY COLONIAL HISTORY:

• Convicts arrived in Australia in 1788 on the first fleet
• Many convicts were sentenced to deportation for minor crimes as life became very tough in Great Britain
• Convicts formed a large percentage of the Australian population for the first few decades of settlement.

AN INTRODUCTION TO THE BUSHRANGERS:

 A "Bushranger" was initially  defined as an "escaped convict"  who took refuge in the Australian bush ".However, many others were driven to a life of crime by poverty. 

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AUSTRALIAN LITERATURE THE HEROIC OUTLAW

In True History of the Kelly Gang by Peter Carey, the legendary bushranger Ned Kelly speaks for himself:

“I lost my own father at 12 yr. of age and know what it is to be raised on lies and silences my dear daughter you are presently too young to understand a word I write but this history is for you and will contain no single lie may I burn in Hell if I speak false.”

Since his death at the hands of the hangman in Melbourne in 1880, the legend of Ned Kelly has risen sharply in popularity. Ned Kelly is Australia’s own Robin Hood. He stole from the wealthy bankers, took care of his poor relatives, and confused the police.