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Was it sheep? I heard it was koala bears. Or maybe it was humans that gave syphilis to the koalas? I can't keep this straight.

fresh off the boat from being transported, who knows? the British navy took a fairly dim view of that sort of business. i understand the punishment for molesting the ship's goat was hanging from the yardarm. syphilis has been around Europe longer than Europeans have been going to Australia, though.