In 1787 eleven ships
Set sail from Spithead
To New South Wales
On board people
Sentenced to Penal Servitude
For their crimes
” – the birth of modern Australia”
It’s only half the story
.
In 1987 was there a pause, your Majesty
To consider the impending fate
Of those indigenous people
Who did not understand
What was happening
When eleven ships arrived
In New South Wales
From Spithead?
.
CLP 10/02/2020
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