Re: OT Oz and why it's called that

[Guest guest]

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Thanks for that! Interesting. I guess I didn't pay attentions in History

class.

Nina

OT Oz and why it's called that

> Best explanation for why Australia is called OZ is because when you

> pronounce it, you say, " OZ-tralia " or at least that's what most folks

> say. Even if you say OWS=stralia, it sounds like OZ. And let's face it,

> it is " over the rainbow " , or perhaps UNDER the rainbow, being the land

> " Down Under "

>

> Initially populated by prisoners sent from England on one way trips.

> Those who survived the trip in ships, were left to fend for themselves

> and establish colonies. So rough and hardy stock survived and now it is

> a matter of pride to say your first relation came over on a prison ship

> (for something they didn't do, of course). One person bragged that her

> great, great, great (however many) grandfather got shipped to Oz for

> blowing up an outhouse. But he didn't do it.

> Kind of like the DAR people here. Daughters of the American Revolution.

> If you had a relative in the US in 1776, you are eligible to be a member

> of the DAR. I think you probably have to be female as well. LOL. Or

> the Hibernians, which is an Irish group whose membership is limited to

> people whose mothers were born in Ireland. Does your mother come from

> Ireland? is a famous song.

>

> I'm the great grand daughter of a guy who fled Germany to avoid being

> conscripted into the Kaiser's Army for WW I. I don't think we have a

> group! Other than the DDD - descendents of draft dodgers.

>

>

>

> Now, I'm curious, why is it call OZ? I knew it was Australia.

>

>

[Guest guest]

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Can I join your group? My Grandfather was a WWI draft dodger as well;-)

Long generations in my family....

Regards,

Suzanne in CT

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>I'm the great grand daughter of a guy who fled Germany to avoid being

> conscripted into the Kaiser's Army for WW I. I don't think we have a

> group! Other than the DDD - descendents of draft dodgers.

>

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