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Flat White

Criminals, Easter and good old Australian values

13 April 2017

2:01 AM

13 April 2017

2:01 AM

Believe it or not, Easter celebrates a man who died a criminal’s death and became the foundation for what are commonly called ‘Australian Values’.

When I was a young boy, visiting my grandmother in Edinburgh, Scotland, she used to tease me by saying, “You and your family are descended from convicts.”

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