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Van Diemen's Land-Scapes
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Wegman, I, Van Diemen's Land-Scapes, Globalisation, Entrepreneurship and the South Pacific: Reframing Australian Colonial Architecture 1800-1850, 17-18 October 2018, Hobart, Tasmania, pp. 66-71. ISBN 9781922016355 (2016) [Non Refereed Conference Paper]
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Abstract
In 1821, Thomas Scott stopped at a hut on Macquarie River, just
outside today’s town of Ross in Tasmania’s Midlands. He sketched it
out, noting that it was "Built of Mud and thatched with grass, of the
most rude description". His drawing shows this – a rough hut with
a dog sleeping in a bark shelter nearby, a small kitchen garden almost
out of frame. Scott noted that when he drew it there were no huts
within six miles. Although the British had been in Van Diemen’s Land
for nearly twenty years by then, and travelling through the centre of
the island from Hobart to Launceston for fifteen, settlement in the
Midlands was still at a very rudimentary stage.
Item Details
| Item Type: | Non Refereed Conference Paper |
|---|---|
| Keywords: | Van Diemen's Land, history, Tasmania, landscape history, GIS |
| Research Division: | History and Archaeology |
| Research Group: | Historical Studies |
| Research Field: | Australian History (excl. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander History) |
| Objective Division: | Cultural Understanding |
| Objective Group: | Understanding Past Societies |
| Objective Field: | Understanding Australia's Past |
| UTAS Author: | Wegman, I (Dr Imogen Wegman) |
| ID Code: | 125537 |
| Year Published: | 2016 |
| Deposited By: | Humanities |
| Deposited On: | 2018-04-22 |
| Last Modified: | 2018-04-24 |
| Downloads: | 0 |
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