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Re: Origin of a song? Mattie Rag
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: MorwenEdhelwen1</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Wahalla</div><div class="ubbcode-body">since u are an Ozzie.. I must point out that the first Bushranger was a Jamaican!
You dont live in Karratha by any chance do u ? </div></div> Yes to the first part, the first bushranger's name was John Caesar, and he came on the First Fleet, in case you didn't know. No, I live in Sydney. </div></div>
Addition to that reply: Some historians think John Caesar- called "Black Caesar", and originally arrested and transported for stealing 12 pounds from a boarding house in Kent, England, was actually from Madagascar. No one's sure what nationality he was, whether Madagascan or Jamaican./i] There's no record of his parents' names, but he was born in approximately 1764 and escaped slavery by coming to Britain (a lot of people did that). He formed a gang of "bolters"- escapees from prison at Port Jackson- he escaped because of the very small rations that the convicts were given, and he was literally a big man, apparently. He was originally a domestic servant and became a thief for extra money. Really fascinating- especially since most of the convicts we learn about were White and I doubt your average Australian school kid learning about convicts in Year 4 has heard about him.
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: MorwenEdhelwen1</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Wahalla</div><div class="ubbcode-body">since u are an Ozzie.. I must point out that the first Bushranger was a Jamaican!
You dont live in Karratha by any chance do u ? </div></div> Yes to the first part, the first bushranger's name was John Caesar, and he came on the First Fleet, in case you didn't know. No, I live in Sydney. </div></div>
Addition to that reply: Some historians think John Caesar- called "Black Caesar", and originally arrested and transported for stealing 12 pounds from a boarding house in Kent, England, was actually from Madagascar. No one's sure what nationality he was, whether Madagascan or Jamaican./i] There's no record of his parents' names, but he was born in approximately 1764 and escaped slavery by coming to Britain (a lot of people did that). He formed a gang of "bolters"- escapees from prison at Port Jackson- he escaped because of the very small rations that the convicts were given, and he was literally a big man, apparently. He was originally a domestic servant and became a thief for extra money. Really fascinating- especially since most of the convicts we learn about were White and I doubt your average Australian school kid learning about convicts in Year 4 has heard about him.
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