I've always thought the Aussies were somewhat like us Yanks. They had their own version of the Wild West.
I remember seeing Mick Jagger playing Ned Kelly a long time ago.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/03/10/wkelly110.xml
Lots of British and Irish miscreants founded our country, that's for sure.
I heard something about that story, but I haven't followed local news for about a week, so I don't know much about it.
Australian history isn't very exciting or interesting I'm afraid.