You start reading The Fatal Shore. " No other country had such a birth, and
its pangs maybe said to have begun on the afternoon of January 26  1788,
when a fleet of 11 vessels carrying 1030 people, including548 male and 188
female convicts, under the command of Captain Arthur Phillip in his flagship
Sirius, entered Port Jackson or, as it would presently be called , Sydney
Harbor." Robert Hughes
What a country! Creighton
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From: Dan Becker <[log in to unmask]>
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Date: Wednesday, January 26, 2000 2:40 PM
Subject: Celebration


>Ian, david:
>
>Just wanted to wish you both a happy Australia Day.
>
>I feel a little like a fish out of water, though.  What does one do when
>celebrating one's happy Australia Day?
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>Dan Becker,  Executive Director        "What's this? Fan mail
>Raleigh Historic                                 from some Cod?"
>Districts Commission                         - With apologies to
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