Comments by "Dave Sisson" (@Dave_Sisson) on "The Drydock - Episode 265" video.

  1. Not sure about it being a colony. Most Australian states were effectively independent by the late 1850s, but bickering between Melbourne and Sydney delayed federation until 1901. With more steps such as the Statute of Westminster in the 1930s, there was almost no British influence over Australia by World War II. Unlike America, places like Australia and to a lesser extent, Canada, gradually attained independence, rather than all at once like the USA.
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  2. Except the Crown continued to pay sailors in their employ after their ships were sunk. It was the private shipping companies that stopped paying crew when their ship went down.
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  3. He's too fat to fit into a 16 inch barrel.
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