Did you know that close to one in six Scottish people, that is including women and children, served in the British army during the period of colonisation? The Highland clearances were detrimental to the British Empire because many of the current soldiers in the British Empire were Scottish.
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Richard Flanagan - Toxic / Christos Tsiolkas - Damascus
Massive figures in Australian literature.
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What is clearly evident and comprehensible in Flanagan's work is this ability to capture real larrikin Australian-isms and the over...
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Scotland like Ireland in some wars was not determined to be a legitimate fighting force, so their wounded soldiers were...
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Scotland could always punch above its weight, no matter how many foes they were challenged to. There was a rich tradition of raising ar...

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