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Thread #91745 Message #1749871
Posted By: Nigel Parsons
30-May-06 - 04:24 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Songs about deportation to Australia.
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Songs about deportation to Australia.
Jim Dixon (above) makes the case for a search of The Bodleian Library for broadsheets about 'Transportation'. I should add a large caveat to that suggestion. Please remember that the "Transportation Act 1718" allowed for the removal of some of our criminal classes to America. This was interrupted by some effort by the colonials in 1776. When transportation re-commenced in 1787 it was to Australia. So, depending on the date of the ballad, if a destination is not named, care should be taken with any presumption.