#seriously ned kelly only died like 143 years ago thats still pretty damn recent compared to other countries
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Just remembered bushrangers were like. A Thing not even 200 years ago
Why the fuck does no one talk about that?? Why is that not like a Thing in our pop culture??
#seriously ned kelly only died like 143 years ago thats still pretty damn recent compared to other countries#but NO when we learn aussie history its always just 'The First Fleet :) The First Fleet again! gold rush! youll neber guess what its the#fuckign First Fleet again!'#and then we never touch aussie history again (unless you get really unlucky in modern history atar#tbf like. i get why#there really isnt much so you wouldnt be able to do a full highschool curriculum for it#and its. pretty damn boring so i wouldnt want to make a bunch of primary school kids sit through the history of federation or whatever1#but stiill#we had god damn BUSHRANGERS and no one talks abt them??#there isnt any media about them??#these could be our cowboy equivalents get on this shit abc#we talk a big game abt promoting aussie stories and supporting the aussie media industry and then just. completely ignore this fascinating#shit and instead make the 59th show set in Melbourne#australia really needs to get a more distinct pop culture i stg were so americanised#like. its there but its mostly because we have a far lower budget i feel like#cleverman is probably conceptually the most interesting aussje show i can think of but studying iit in class ruined me#me.txt
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