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Transport to Australia was the saving of Carmen Callil’s family

In Oh Happy Day! Callil reveals how one forebear made a small fortune after being banished from Georgian England for stealing hemp

Convicts set sail from Britain to Australia. Credit: Getty Images 
issue 12 December 2020
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    Cape, pp. 368, £18

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