13 May 1787 - The first fleet of British ships carrying convicts to the Australian penal colony left Portsmouth, England. This English poster lists some of the crimes “punishable by transportation” to Australia.

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posted by jobes on HistoryToday

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[–] HateCumbuckets 1 points (+1|-0)

At least the world got vegemite because of this.

[–] jobes [OP] 1 points (+1|-0)

the world

Like any self respecting human outside of Australia would eat that garbage

[–] HateCumbuckets 1 points (+1|-0)

I'm going to presume you're American. You really don't want to start shit when it comes to food...

Nuff said.

Posted by jobes
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