Message no. 1

From:	Ray & Tamara <macey@*******.COM.AU>
Subject:	Re: Aussie money (OT)
Date:	Sat, 1 Mar 1997 17:22:55 +1100

> > Hey this reminds me of something I have heard.
> >
> > In some kind of trivia game somewhere was the following question:
> >
> > Which country has the picture of a convicted counterfeiter(sp) on
> > it's money?
> >
> > The answer was Australia, owning to the fact that it was once a
> > British penial colony, and the particular person was sent there for
> > counterfeiting, and once there, helped to establish the government
> > and became quite a figure in it.
> >
> > I was wondering as to the truthfulness of this. Can any of the
> > Aussies shed any light on it?
>
> New one to me... Bleach or Lady J?
>
> Guardian

My wife says that she has heard of the guy, and that he exists, but that
she has no idea who he was or anything. She has said that she will look
into it for me.

Ray