Another Aussie, any Aussie, who refuses to ‘know their place.’
‘I see an independent spirit in your eyes. Go away or I will crush it.’
The same disease – ‘tall poppy syndrome’: ‘I’m on my knees looking up. I will ensure that you kneel, not stand, beside me.’
The origins of this lie in the underbelly of a developing English capitalism in the 18th century – authoritarian, exploitative, brutal.
![Edward Backhouse ‘A chain gang, convicts going to work near Sidney [sic], New South Wales’, etching, 1843, National Library of Australia. Text below image: ‘You may save or print this image for research and study. If you wish to use it for any other purposes, you must declare your Intention to Publish.’](https://philipstanfielddotcom.files.wordpress.com/2015/07/convict-chain-gang-1843.jpg)
Edward Backhouse ‘A chain gang, convicts going to work near Sidney [sic], New South Wales’, etching, 1843, National Library of Australia. Text below image: ‘You may save or print this image for research and study. If you wish to use it for any other purposes, you must declare your Intention to Publish.’
Branding of a convict during transportation to Australia in the 19th century.
‘Salt bath’ torture of a convict after being flogged, during transportation to Australia in the 19th century.
A convict ploughing team breaking up ground at a farm at Port Arthur, Tasmania, 1926
Aboriginal prisoners on Rottnest Island, Western Australia, 1920s
An Aboriginal chain gang, c. 1900, going to work at Wyndham, Western Australia. The guard is on the extreme right.
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