RAINBOW FARMS AUSTRALIA                                            

                                                                                                                                                              1916 - 4    JUNE

June: Sir Roger Casement, who had previously been "knighted" by the British Imperial Government for his assistance to "humanity" was now convicted of "High Treason" by the British Imperial Coalition, and George Gavan Duffy / Seorsa Gabhain Ua Dhubthaigh, the son of Gavan Duffy the previous "Young Irelander" who had left Ireland in "disgust" with the British Government's continuing ongoing oppression in Ireland and gone on to become the Premier of Victoria in Australia, acted as his "defender." 

June 24th: In the aftermath of the "1916 Irish Easter Rising," Michael Collins and the other Irish prisoners,who were still held in the British Government's "Stafford Prison" in England were now sent on from there to "Frongoch Prison" in Wales. 

      David Lloyd - George the Welshman and previous "British Coalition Home Minister," now became the British Imperial Coalition Government's new Prime Minister until 1922.  

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