Author: James BoycePublisher: ReadHowYouWant.com
ISBN: 1459600002
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 622
Book Description
Large print.
Van Diemen's Land (Large Print 16pt)
Author: James BoycePublisher: ReadHowYouWant.com
ISBN: 1459600002
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 622
Book Description
Large print.
Sketch of the History of Van Diemen's Land
Author: James BischoffPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Tasmania
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
The History of the Island of Van Diemen's Land, from the Year 1824 to 1835 Inclusive
Author: Henry Saxelby MelvillePublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108039200
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 287
Book Description
A journalist's critical account of the history and administration of the penal colony of Van Diemen's Land, published in 1835.
Van Diemen's Land
Author: Murray JohnsonPublisher: UNSW Press
ISBN: 1742241891
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 557
Book Description
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 Picture of Van Dieman's Land
Author: David BurnA Picture of Van Diemen's Land
Author: David BurnVan Diemen’s Land
Author: James BoycePublisher: Black Inc.
ISBN: 1921825391
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 402
Book Description
Winner of the 2009 Tasmania Book Prize Winner of the 2008 Colin Roderick Award Almost half of the convicts who came to Australia came to Van Diemen’s Land. There they found a land of bounty and a penal society, a kangaroo economy and a new way of life. In this book, James Boyce shows how the convicts were changed by the natural world they encountered. Escaping authority, they soon settled away from the towns, dressing in kangaroo skin and living off the land. Behind the official attempt to create a Little England was another story of adaptation, in which the poor, the exiled and the criminal made a new home in a strange land. This is their story, the story of Van Diemen’s Land. Shortlisted in the 2009 Prime Minister's Literary Awards, the 2009 NSW Premier's Literary Awards, the 2010 Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature, the 2008 Age Book of the Year Awards, the 2008 Victorian Premier's Literary Awards, the 2008 Queensland Premier's Literary Awards, the 2008 NSW Premier's History Awards and the 2008 Australian Book Industry Awards ‘A brilliant book and a must-read for anyone interested in how land shapes people.’ —Tim Flannery ‘The most significant colonial history since The Fatal Shore. In re-imagining Australia's past, it invents a new future.’ —Richard Flanagan ‘Like the best history, Van Diemen's Land is not an artfully constructed narrative with the (inevitably inadequate) evidence banished to endnotes, but a dialogue between historian and reader as they explore the fragile sources, and the silences, together.’ —Inga Clendinnen ‘The publication of Van Diemen's Land signals an entirely fresh approach to Australian history-writing ... This is a brilliant publication.’ —Alan Atkinson ‘A fresh and sparkling account.’ —Henry Reynolds James Boyce is the multiple award-winning author of Born Bad, 1835 and Van Diemen’s Land. He has a PhD from the University of Tasmania, where he is an honorary research associate of the School of Geography and Environmental Studies.
Statistical View of Van Diemen's Land
Author: A geographical, historical and topographical description of Van Dieman's Land, with hints to emigrants, and information respecting the application for grants of land ... Embellished by a correct view of Hobart Town; also a large chart of the island, etc
Author: George William EVANS (Surveyor General of Van Dieman's Land.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 156
Book Description
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