Prisoner of Australia

Remember learning how Australia was originally populated by convicts sent here from Europe? I found it interesting that in my exploring of the many museums of South Australia and Adelaide - I have not found this mentioned once! In Bill Bryson's book, he mentions that in talking to Australians - he's found that this part of Australian history is barely even taught in schools here. It's not joked about or even acknowledged. Really - they should be proud that they were able to take on this crazy place and make it a livable and prosperous society - even from these crazy beginnings.