an englishman in melbourne
i'm a legal alien.
Never have i been so aware of my roots as being half way across the planet. I spotted this in Melbourne city centre. It documents the immigrants who have settled in australia, where they're from and when they are etc.
The last 2 generations of my family were english and maltese.
Thats pretty cool. A country so young is so aware of its origins, and while the uk may be steeped in history, the depth and length of that history renders it somewhat intangible. Compare that to oz which is often accused of having 'no history', and in fact oz's (no) history becomes that much more relevant.
Read the complete post at http://ollioz.blogspot.com/2007/04/englishman-in-melbourne.html
