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Van Diemen's Land

Murray Johnson
Van Diemen's Land by Murray Johnson PDF

Author : Murray Johnson
Publisher : UNSW Press
Page : 557 pages
File Size : 18,43 MB
Release : 2015-03-01
Category : History
ISBN : 1742241891

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The history of Aborigines in Van Diemen’s Land is long. The first Tasmanians lived in isolation for as many as 300 generations after the flooding of Bass Strait. Their struggle against almost insurmountable odds is one worthy of respect and admiration, not to mention serious attention. This broad-ranging book is a comprehensive and critical account of that epic survival up to the present day. Starting from antiquity, the book examines the devastating arrival of Europeans and subsequent colonisation, warfare and exile. It emphasises the regionalism and separateness, a consistent feature of Aboriginal life since time immemorial that has led to the distinct identities we see in the present, including the unique place of the islanders of Bass Strait. Carefully researched, using the findings of archaeologists and extensive documentary evidence, some only recently uncovered, this important book fills a long-time gap in Tasmanian history.

A-Z of Convicts in Van Diemen's Land

Simon Barnard
A-Z of Convicts in Van Diemen's Land by Simon Barnard PDF

Author : Simon Barnard
Publisher : Text Publishing
Page : 89 pages
File Size : 38,25 MB
Release : 2014-09-24
Category :
ISBN : 1922079340

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Seventy-three thousand convicts were transported to the British penal colony of Van Diemen’s Land in the first half of the nineteenth century. They played a vital role in the building of the settlements, as well as the running of the newly established colony. Simon Barnard’s A–Z of Convicts in Van Diemen’s Land is a rich and compelling account of the lives of the men, women and children who were transported to Tasmania for crimes ranging from stealing bread to poisoning family members. Their sentences, punishments, achievements and suffering make for fascinating reading. And the spectacular illustrations, each one carefully drawn in meticulous detail from contemporary records, bring this extraordinary history to life.

Van Diemen's Women

Joan Kavanagh
Van Diemen's Women by Joan Kavanagh PDF

Author : Joan Kavanagh
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 311 pages
File Size : 10,5 MB
Release : 2015-10-05
Category : History
ISBN : 0750966661

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On 2 September 1845, the convict ship Tasmania left Kingstown Harbour for Van Diemen's Land with 138 female convicts and their 35 children. On 3 December, the ship arrived into Hobart Town. While this book looks at the lives of all the women aboard, it focuses on two women in particular: Eliza Davis, who was transported from Wicklow Gaol for life for infanticide, having had her sentence commuted from death, and Margaret Butler, sentenced to seven years' transportation for stealing potatoes in Carlow. Using original records, this study reveals the reality of transportation, together with the legacy left by these women in Tasmania and beyond, and shows that perhaps, for some, this Draconian punishment was, in fact, a life-saving measure.

A Killing in Van Diemen's Land

Douglas Watt
A Killing in Van Diemen's Land by Douglas Watt PDF

Author : Douglas Watt
Publisher : Luath Press Ltd
Page : 189 pages
File Size : 21,11 MB
Release : 2021-04-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1910022284

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Set in Edinburgh in 1690. The body of a wealthy merchant is discovered in his home in the city centre. Was his killing the result of a robbery gone wrong? The vicious mode of his death seems to suggest otherwise. Scotland is in upheaval as political and religious tensions boil, and there is mystery concealed behind the walls of Van Diemen's Land. MacKenzie and Scougall investigate.

Cleansing the Colony

Kristyn Harman
Cleansing the Colony by Kristyn Harman PDF

Author : Kristyn Harman
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 30,7 MB
Release : 2017
Category : History
ISBN : 9781988531069

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T's no secret that Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania) was a penal colony for British convicts. Yet surprisingly at least 110 New Zealand prisoners were also transported to the island in the nineteenth century to serve time as convict labourers. In examining the remarkable experiences of unremarkable people, this fascinating book provides insights into the lives of people like William Phelps Pickering, a self-made entrepreneur turned criminal; Margaret Reardon, a potential accomplice to murder and convicted perjurer; and Te Kumete, a Maori warrior transported as a rebel. Their stories, and others like them, reveal how New Zealand's governing class was intent on cleansing the colony of what it considered a burgeoning criminal underclass. Van Diemen's Land became a dumping ground for New Zealand's unwanted. Author Kristyn Harman offers insights into penal servitude in Van Diemen's Land as revealed through the lived experiences of the men and sole woman transported from New Zealand. Whether Maori men serving time for political infractions, white-collar criminals, labourers, vagrants or the soldiers sent to fight the empire's wars, each convict's experiences reveal something about the way in which the British Empire sought to discipline, punish and reform those who trespassed against it.