tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post4998538897325329151..comments2023-10-12T02:21:40.102-07:00Comments on English Historical Fiction Authors: Banished: A Short History of Penal TransportationDebra Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03256313302199653185noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post-49729653630225285392016-01-25T11:17:49.735-08:002016-01-25T11:17:49.735-08:00Oglethorpe Probably killed the rest while attackin...Oglethorpe Probably killed the rest while attacking the Catholic settlers john william vondrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01037342209962288383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post-75532892475340899742015-05-31T13:54:39.940-07:002015-05-31T13:54:39.940-07:00Thank you for reading!Thank you for reading!Catherine Curzonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05763562687608837832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post-17544485718207809752015-05-31T09:51:33.035-07:002015-05-31T09:51:33.035-07:00I love reading about the 17th century. Thanks for ...I love reading about the 17th century. Thanks for this. Tweeted.RADayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13340243972875422944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post-15831486295027125212015-05-31T07:54:08.238-07:002015-05-31T07:54:08.238-07:0013?! That's a very small penal colony indeed!13?! That's a very small penal colony indeed!Catherine Curzonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05763562687608837832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post-16476571149239548962015-05-31T06:54:48.475-07:002015-05-31T06:54:48.475-07:00Georgia was a penal colony. It didn't appear t...Georgia was a penal colony. It didn't appear to work very well, as Oglethorpe only brought thirteen convicts across, as I recall. Thanks for sharing. Exile on Peachtree Streethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11391625149744166848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post-51338418225728341752015-05-31T01:27:33.384-07:002015-05-31T01:27:33.384-07:00I hope she didn't dunk any of them!I hope she didn't dunk any of them!Catherine Curzonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05763562687608837832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post-73673875250423335772015-05-31T00:53:16.895-07:002015-05-31T00:53:16.895-07:00These days, people who have convict ancestors here...These days, people who have convict ancestors here brag about it. In fact, at least one Australian Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd, is descended from two convicts. His ancestress, a girl called Mary Wade, was sent here for stealing another child's clothes in the toilets. She said that next time she would have also dunked the victim! But she became a pillar of society and had around 21 children with her convict husband. Sue Bursztynskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09362273418897882971noreply@blogger.com