From settlers to bludgers

From settlers to bludgers

My forebears came to this wide brown land from Scotland and Ireland around 150 years ago. They were tillers of the soil, who were being persecuted by wealthy landlords who controlled their every capacity to earn a fair living. They were oppressed and often left hungry when crops failed. They had no knowledge of the topography, the fertility or climatic conditions on the land in which they were going to start a new life. But when opportunity beck…