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minus-squarePugJesus@piefed.socialOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agoExplanation: Aussieland got its start as a British colony. … a penal colony, to be precise. I guess a one-way ticket to the Danger Continent is cheaper than prison.
minus-squareCodpiece@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-24 months agoWell the UK used to send its convicts to a different colony, so they had to find somewhere new once treason had broken out. I’ve never validated if this is true or not, but apparently the first police officers in Melbourne were selected from the best behaved prisoners.
Explanation: Aussieland got its start as a British colony.
… a penal colony, to be precise.
I guess a one-way ticket to the Danger Continent is cheaper than prison.
Well the UK used to send its convicts to a different colony, so they had to find somewhere new once treason had broken out.
I’ve never validated if this is true or not, but apparently the first police officers in Melbourne were selected from the best behaved prisoners.