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The road to here: rivers were the highways of Australia’s colonial history
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Wegman, I, The road to here: rivers were the highways of Australia's colonial history, The Conversation, The Conversation Media Group Ltd, Australia, 2 october 2018 (2018) [Magazine Article]
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Abstract
On November 2, 1816, Charles Repeat, "a poor old man", was driving his master’s cart along the short route between Hobart and New Town in Van Diemen’s Land (Tasmania). He accidentally drove over a small tree stump, and was thrown from the cart and killed immediately.
Item Details
| Item Type: | Magazine Article |
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| Keywords: | colonialism, history, Tasmania, rivers, environmental |
| 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: | Heritage |
| Objective Field: | Heritage not elsewhere classified |
| Author: | Wegman, I (Miss Imogen Wegman) |
| ID Code: | 128781 |
| Year Published: | 2018 |
| Deposited By: | Office of the School of Humanities |
| Deposited On: | 2018-10-12 |
| Last Modified: | 2018-10-12 |
| Downloads: | 0 |
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