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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 8630261, member: 2844&quot;]When we lived in Sydney, my parents (and even us kids) bought Australian Indigenous and Pacific art as well as Asian art and antiques, instead of European antiques.</p><p><br /></p><p>Australia also had gold rushes, starting in 1851, and rich colonials. And believe me, they loved to spend money, on luxury goods, extravagant gold jewellery, you name it. Because of the wealth of Australian society, performing artists from all over the world went on tour there in the mid to late 19th century. Even Lola Montez!<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie99" alt=":woot:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>And then there were the &#039;squatters&#039;, farmers who occupied land illegally and who became filthy rich and could import furniture etc from Europe. Their belongings are antique now, but those antiques often stay in the family.</p><p><br /></p><p>In the mid 19th century the convicts were a minority. They were often convicted for stealing a loaf of bread, or for standing up for their rights, like poor English farmers or Irish nationalists.</p><p>The descendants of some early convicts are now regarded as Australian aristocracy.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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