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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Australia is where convicts went to die. I’m okay with not visiting that god awful place. [/quote]

Truly an ignorant view.

Most of the convicts were Irish and guilty of petty crimes. The banishing of Irish “convicts” to Australia from late 17th - mid 18th centuries was born of UK urban planning seeking to reduce numbers of urban poor in overcrowded UK jails. Most were Irish and many were deported for stealing bread to prevent starvation (or something similar). Adelaide was settled by free settlers. Most early Australian “convicts” earned their freedom after seven years.

These days the quality of life in Oz seems relatively high (measured by broad access to food, housing, quality education, health care and employment, in addition to intangibles such as job security, political stability, individual freedom and environmental quality.) All the glorious beaches are public and many have shark nets and life guards. The Australian cities of Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, and Adelaide  regularly rank among the top cities in the world for quality of life.

There is a long queue of skilled migrants hoping to emigrate to Australia.

There is a cultural bias against affected snobbery in Oz so it is probably for the best that you don’t visit.

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