19 Crimes

what a strange wine!!! it must taste very strong ;-)))

Very strange! Perhaps a very dry, deep red Zinfandel from California would suit these men!

An unusual find Diane...........love those labels!

They're great, I'd like to see all of them! Thanks, Keith.

i love labels. never seen these before! did you buy some?

enjoyed in 'naturally occurring collages' - and would be great for my group 'm m multiples s s' - if you want.

Oh, I didn't think of Multiples, will add to that. ;-)
Thank you, no, I didn't buy any.

thanks for adding to the group. fits in great there!
too bad you didn't buy any - wonder how strong it was?

AND THEY MADE AUSTRALIA STRONG

DID THEY EVER! SO MANY WERE JUST KIDS!

We had some of this wine here - good Aussie shiraz. Strong wine following strong men, usually transported for relatively minor crimes to establish the colony.

Yes, I read Fatal Shore a few years ago. An enormous number of them were teenagers or younger, and people who had done petty things like stealing an apple at the market. (Well, they were half starved, why wouldn't they?) Very cruel times, but they certainly made something of themselves!

One thing about Fatal Shore was that it played on the extreme penalties given to those who fell foul of the system. For most, the usual sequence was that they were passed out as indentured labour to land-owners or businesses and, if they behaved, were made free citizens at the end of their sentence.