PhilW & Sledge. You've Got A "Sheela" For A Prime Minister, First One Ever.

[sledgemeister]

Is that why so many Australians have names like "Llewellyn"  
It was a penal colony  

Actually, it sounds like you've been there. It's so nasty they train the SAS there and occasionally lose one or two to the weather.

Least its not Emilio or Ernesto 

We are but a young country built upon the blood of criminals, thieves and vagabonds yet still are more honest than any bloody politician you care to name, including the Ronald McDonald clone pictured above.
One day when people wipe the shit out of there eyes and take the cotton wool out of their ears we too may have a episode like you did in 1861 and bond us together for once and for all and ensure us of a proper constitution enabling our rights defintively. Until that time its citizens will be bent over taking it on behalf of the terrible decisions of its so called leaders.

[tombogan03884]

Actually using some place wild as a penal colony is actually a good idea since your "criminal classes"  (    ) are more aggressive than the average person, traits that would get you deported were often exactly what was needed to thrive in a new wild country.