The Australian Way.

[planedriver]

Not sure whether this or something similar was posted before, but it's a good read anyway.

 

No matter what side of the AISLE you're on, THIS is FUNNY

 

and VERY telling! It just all depends on how you look at the same

 

things.

 

 

 

Judy Rudd an amateur genealogy researcher in Southern

 

Queensland, was doing some personal work on her family tree. She

 

discovered that Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's great-great uncle, Remus

 

Rudd, was hanged for horse stealing and train robbery in Melbourne in

 

1889. Both Judy and Kevin Rudd share this common ancestor.

 

 

 

 

 

The only known photograph of Remus shows him standing on the

 

gallows at the Melbourne Gaol:

 

On the back of the picture Judy obtained during her research

 

is this inscription: 'Remus Rudd horse thief, sent to Melbourne Gaol

 

1885, escaped 1887, robbed the Melbourne-Geelong train six times.

 

Caught by Victoria Police Force, convicted and hanged in 1889'

 

 

 

 

 

So Judy recently e-mailed Prime Minister Rudd for

 

information about their great-great uncle. Remus Rudd:

 

 

 

Believe it or not, Kevin Rudd's staff sent back the

 

following biographical sketch for her genealogy research:

 

 

 

"Remus Rudd was famous in Victoria during the mid to late

 

1800s. His business empire grew to include acquisition of valuable

 

equestrian assets and intimate dealings with the Melbourne-Geelong

 

Railroad.

 

 

 

Beginning in 1883, he devoted several years of his life to

 

government service, finally taking leave to resume his dealings with

 

the railroad.

 

 

 

In 1887, he was a key player in a vital investigation run by

 

the Victoria Police Force. In 1889, Remus passed away during an

 

important civic function held in his honour when the platform upon

 

which he was standing collapsed."

 

 

 

 

 

NOW That's how it's done, Folks!:ah_oh:

 

 

 

That's real POLITICAL SPIN. (About the only thing they do excel at)