Tuesday, November 21, 2023

FLOGGED AND PLONKED DOWN IN A DISTANT PENAL COLONY

 

From Little Darwin's  large  Dead Marine  Collection  comes  this   bottle  which contained  a  fine drop  of  2013 shiraz  by  Bailey's  of  Glen Rowan ,  a  Victorian  outpost with  a  fine  bushranger  history.

The brew   highlights the fact that  beginning in 1788   there  were  19 crimes which  could see  you  transported   from   Britain  to Victoria  , instead of being  sentenced  to  death . Our  Shipping Reporter noted that  a  number of  the  "lawless " died   during  the   voyage  to  Orstralia .