But nobody is suggesting that convicts built all these imposing structures. Transportation ceased in 1868, to the relief of skilled craftsmen who resented the lags being brought here as free labour.
Yes, convicts were engaged in building, because among them were many skilled men, but free settlers also played their part.
Compare the old buildings with the population sizes at the time and the availability of materials, technology, skilled labour and transportation. A lot of the structures we can’t even build today, let alone back then. The story we are told, that much of the grand architecture sprung up around the world in a few decades in the late 1800s, is impossible to have occurred, especially when you consider the context we are told for that time period in the official history. The evidence shows that Australia was built up long before we are told.
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But nobody is suggesting that convicts built all these imposing structures. Transportation ceased in 1868, to the relief of skilled craftsmen who resented the lags being brought here as free labour.
Yes, convicts were engaged in building, because among them were many skilled men, but free settlers also played their part.
Compare the old buildings with the population sizes at the time and the availability of materials, technology, skilled labour and transportation. A lot of the structures we can’t even build today, let alone back then. The story we are told, that much of the grand architecture sprung up around the world in a few decades in the late 1800s, is impossible to have occurred, especially when you consider the context we are told for that time period in the official history. The evidence shows that Australia was built up long before we are told.