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Thread #141117 Message #3252776
Posted By: Snuffy
08-Nov-11 - 09:02 AM
Thread Name: 'Van Diemen's Land' to mean Australia
Subject: RE: 'Van Diemen's Land' to mean Australia
Walter Pardon's version of VDL has a verse which commences thus:
As we marched into Sydney town Without no more delay A gentleman he took me His bookkeeper to be