Clan Armstrong on paternal grandmother's side.🙂
Posted on 05/13/2023 11:13:53 AM PDT by Ozguy1945
On the 13th of May, 1787, about 1500 people (mostly "criminals") and 11 ships under the command of Arthur Phillip set sail from Plymouth, England, to establish a penal colony in Botany Bay, Terra Australis, the Great Southern Land.
The human beings involved in this were mostly people who wished to be back home in England. As is clear the words of the song, "Botany Bay".
I remember how much I loved singing the chorus, as best I could, perhaps from the back seat of the car, with my dad in the driver's seat in front, when I was a little kid.
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“The nation of my birth.
Where I could try to sing with my father.
I dont know it anymore...”
You ain’t alone mate!
Australia has used iron-fisted government power to do bizarre things for 200 yrs.
Invictus maneo. Great name. Not just for you. But for all of us.
Unconquered we remain ....... if we remember to sing ....... what song or songs did you share with your dad?
I wish you were wrong about the iron fisted govt power and the bizarre results.
But you aren’t.
Clan Armstrong on paternal grandmother's side.🙂
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