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1788 : Australia Day On 26 January 1788, Captain Arthur Phillip guides a fleet of 11 British ships carrying convicts to the colony of New South Wales, effectively founding Australia. After overcoming a period of hardship, the fledgling colony began to celebrate the anniversary of this date with great fanfare. Australia was originally planned to be a penal colony. In October 1786, the British government appointed Arthur Phillip captain of the HMS Sirius, and commissioned him to establish an agricultural work camp there for British convicts. With little idea of what he could expect from the mysterious and distant land, Phillip had great difficulty assembling the fleet that was to make the journey. His requests for more experienced farmers to assist the penal colony were repeatedly denied, and he was both poorly funded and outfitted. Nonetheless, accompanied by a small contingent of Marines and other officers, Phillip led his 1,000-strong party, of whom more than 700 were convicts, around Africa to the eastern side of Australia. In all, the voyage lasted eight months, claiming the lives of some 30 men. Though Phillip returned to England in 1792, the colony became prosperous by the turn of the 19th century. Feeling a new sense of patriotism, the men began to rally around 26 January as their founding day. Historian Manning Clarke noted that in 1808 the men observed the "anniversary of the foundation of the colony" with "drinking and merriment." Finally, in 1818, 26 January became an official holiday, marking the 30th anniversary of British settlement in Australia, and it became the national holiday known as Australia Day. Since then these convicts have spent their days soaking up the wall to wall sunshine around the Barbie’ and developing some ingenious ways of keeping lager cool in the long summer months. They have also developed a passion for beating “The Poms,” whenever they get the chance, in the many games that we introduced to them in the first place. Cricket, Rugby league and Rugby Union, occasionally golf and now snooker. I do like to finish on a positive note at the end of 2009.
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Three contractors, one from Italy , another from Australia and the third from Vietnam, get a wiff of a New Year Budget, and are bidding to replace a fence outside the Houses of Parliament. They go with a Parliamentary official to examine the site. The Australian contractor takes out a tape measure and does some measuring, then works out some figures with a pencil. "Well," he says. "I figure the job will run £900 . . £400 for the materials, £400 for labour, and £100 profit for me." The Vietnamese contractor also does some measuring and calculating, then says, "I can do this job for £700 . . £300 for the materials, £300 for my crew and £100 profit for me." The Italian contractor doesn't measure or calculate anything, but leans over to the official and whispers: "£2,700." The official, incredulous, says, "You didn't even measure like the other guys! How did you come up with such a high figure?" The Italian explains, " Easy, £1,000 for you, £1,000 for me and we hire the guy from Vietnam to do the work." Guess who got the job?
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