Alissa Gorrie’s Reviews > The Fatal Shore: The Epic of Australia's Founding > Status Update

The entire concept of the penal colony is bananas and I have no idea how they survived the first few years. So far it’s been the equivalent of if we tried to colonise Mars with poor soldiers and an assortment of prisoners with no relevant skills.

Super fascinating so far! There’s an early chapter about Australia’s indigenous history that was an interesting read… This was written not even 30 years ago, but in light of Dark Emu/Songlines/ect it’s aged rather poorly. The History of History itself is always a fun wormhole to dive down…