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From a historic perspective, I guess we (Aussies) would be "Khan" the exile/convict, but in the context of this discussion, I had "Spock" in mind (few compared to many).

However, Oz and the US share many things in common, some better known than others, and may be, just may be, we are all exiles.

The British established a Penal Colony in Oz in 1778 because the American War of Independence, which had started in 1775 and which had resulted in the British having no where else to send their convicts when the British jails were full.

In fact, between 1718 ~ 1775, over 52,000 British convicts were sent to what was then known as British America, and which later became the United States of America.

If the American patriots had lost the War of Independence, Oz would not have been settled by the British, and we would have become a French colony instead.

' Vive la République ' I say, while Spock would have said ' Live Long and Prosper '