After the success of the American Revolution---at least we Americans consider it successful---Britain was no longer able to ship its convicts to the now free state of Georgia. As a result, it had to find another location, and it choose Australia.
My mother was Australian, and I lived there for awhile. As a result, I found the book an interesting introduction to Australia's earliest history of the European settlement.
But unless other readers have a fascination with early European colonies around the world, they may not find this book as interesting as I did.
And I'm reminded of the joke about the American who traveled to Australia. While going through customs, the Australian customs official asked the American, "Have you ever been convicted of a crime?" To which the American replied, "I didn't know that was still required to get into this country."
My mother was Australian, and I lived there for awhile. As a result, I found the book an interesting introduction to Australia's earliest history of the European settlement.
But unless other readers have a fascination with early European colonies around the world, they may not find this book as interesting as I did.
And I'm reminded of the joke about the American who traveled to Australia. While going through customs, the Australian customs official asked the American, "Have you ever been convicted of a crime?" To which the American replied, "I didn't know that was still required to get into this country."
