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The First Fleet There were eleven ships in the First Fleet which set sail on May 13th 1787. They left from Portsmouth Harbour in England and sailed all the way to Botany Bay.

My name is George Fry. I came on the Morley and I was transported because I stole clothes. I had two children and I feel alone and even though I am sentenced to seven years I will never be able to return. I can read but I can't write. My life is really bad.I don't get a lot of food and water. Back home I was a toy maker but now I am a brickmaker. My clothes are really itchy and realy dirty.I have a big arrow on my back so people will no I am a convict the people how now own me are the British Goverment.Convicts are the werkers who built and ran the colony from its foundation in 1788.

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and 'the ladies' means in the shearing shed..."don't cut 'em too bad. Don't swear." The ghost of a pause in the shed's rough heart, and lower is bowed each head, then nothing is heard save a whispered word, and the roar of the shearing shed." ||  || When Henry Lawson was nine he got a ear infection and went deaf. ||   ||
 * night of the notables. || [|henry lawson 2] ||
 * One of Henry Lawsons poems. ||  ||
 * "The ladies are coming", the super says to the shearers sweltering there,
 * One of Henry Lawsons poems. ||  ||
 * "The ladies are coming", the super says to the shearers sweltering there,
 * H enry Lawson was born on the 17 June 1867 on the goldfields in New South Wales. He was a poet and a writer he was born His mum was a poet but they were very poor.  He didn't get a great education but his mum gave him a lot of books.He was really shy,but a sensitive child. He wasn't like most bush boys. Even his mum thought he was a bit strange.The kids at Henry's school bullied him and he became more of a loner.
 * H enry Lawson was born on the 17 June 1867 on the goldfields in New South Wales. He was a poet and a writer he was born His mum was a poet but they were very poor.  He didn't get a great education but his mum gave him a lot of books.He was really shy,but a sensitive child. He wasn't like most bush boys. Even his mum thought he was a bit strange.The kids at Henry's school bullied him and he became more of a loner.
 * When he grew up he worked with his father but then his mum asked him to come live with her in Sydney. He worked all day and studied for his exams but he failed so he couldn't get into university.

In those days poetry was a popular pastime. People looked up to writers and every one had a favourite poet.In 1888 The Bulletin started to print Henry's poems. Henry's poems were sad because of his sad life. He is one of the best known fiction writers from back then and is still known now.Most of Henry Lawson's work was about the bush. His best book of stories was While the Billy Boils. Most of his poettry was dry humor or sad. He did odd jobs that got him into jail so he will get money to write his poems. One thing Henry really enjoyed was talking to his mates over a beer he thought that was special.He fell in love with another women called Mary Gilmore she new they wouldn't be quit for each another. In 1896 Henry married Bertha Bredt They had two children. ||  || Henry Lawson 1(988) All Down Under [Online] Available http://alldownunder.com/australian-authors/henry-lawson/index.html (June 2012) He was || [|Henry Lawson] ||
 * Henry had a drinking problem and he couldn't stop. If he didn't stop his wife said she would leave him and she did. He tried to stop but he couldn't. Henry Lawson was sad but he had another love so he tried to get her. He was in England and came to Australia but when he got to shore he heard she had died. Henry was so sad he jumped of a cliff and killed himself. Henry had a sad life but he was a good poet and writer. ||  ||
 * Mcphee,Margare2004) The Australian Character Henry Lawson Watts Hong Kong.