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7th September 08, 04:44 AM
#35
 Originally Posted by highlander_Daz
I was talking to an Australian Gentleman yesterday and he confessed Hed love to wear the kIlt but he felt his status as an Australian prevented him from doing so, which is sad really, he was amazed when I explaned that not so many years ago the penalty for repeat offenders wearing Tartan was a (free!!) trip to Australia (his Majesty's plantations beyond the seas,) which he found frustrating given the price of air travel thsese days!!
Since the Dress Act was repealed in 1782, and the First Fleet didn't sail for Australia until 1787, any Scotsmen sentenced to transportation for refusing to give up their Highland dress were probably sent to America.
- The Beertigger
"The only one, since 1969."
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