Michael Bray writes: > Martin, aren't you forgetting that Austrailia was settled by British > convicts who were exiled there? Those that went there as convicted criminals were sent there to serve sentences. They weren't the only people who went. Adelaide, for example, was never a prison colony. martin Martin Smith Email: [log in to unmask] P.O. Box 1034 Bekkajordet Tel. : +47 330 35700 N-3194 HORTEN, Norway Fax. : +47 330 35701