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Another Australian goddess


Damn Australia is really a factory of incredibly beautiful women.

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She was the top female in "Sucker Punch" IMHO, followed closely by Emily Browning.

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What does Australia have to do with it?

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It is scientifically proven that British criminals have the best genes.

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So it's Britain that

is really a factory of incredibly beautiful women
?

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Only the ones committed crimes and sent to Australia.

More specifically, these crimes would get someone to be sent to Australia:
Grand Larceny, theft above the value of one shilling.
Petty Larceny, theft under one shilling.
Buying or receiving stolen goods, jewels, and plate...
Stealing lead, iron, or copper, or buying or receiving.
Impersonating an Egyptian.
Stealing from furnished lodgings.
Setting fire to underwood.
Stealing letters, advancing the postage, and secreting the money.
Assault with an intent to rob.
Stealing fish from a pond or river.
Stealing roots, trees, or plants, or destroying them.
Bigamy.
Assaulting, cutting, or burning clothes.
Counterfeiting the copper coin...
Clandestine marriage.
Stealing a shroud out of a grave.
Watermen carrying too many passengers on the Thames, if any drowned.
Incorrigible rogues who broke out of Prison and persons reprieved from capital punishment.
Embeuling Naval Stores, in certain cases. (19 Crimes, “Crimes”)

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Not everyone of British/European descent in Australia has ancestors that were criminals.

Almost 20% of modern Australians ... have some convict ancestry
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convicts_in_Australia

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You know I was kidding, right?

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