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At Botany Bay: Australia 1st settled by English 1/26/1788. In honor of
attracting a lot of criminals, the Monday on or after this is Australia
Day.
'Taint leaving old England we cares about,
'Taint 'cos we misspells what we knows,
But becos all we light finger'd gentry,
Hops around with a log on our toes.
"Botany Bay," Burl Ives, Sea Songs, 1956 (134 wholly separate pages)
(Also, Ian Robb does a fine job on "Jim Jones.")
For your edification, this is also the anniversary of the third mutiny
Bligh enjoyed, the Rum Rebellion officer coup in the NSW penal colony
1/26/1808 (and see 9/9)
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