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Van Diemens Land
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posted on 2023-05-22, 06:45 authored by James BoyceAlmost half of the convicts who came to Australia came to Van Diemens 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 Diemens Land
History
Pagination
388ISBN
9781863954136Department/School
School of Geography, Planning and Spatial SciencesPublisher
Black Inc.Place of publication
Melbourne, VictoriaRights statement
Copyright 2008 James BoyceRepository Status
- Restricted