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Van Diemens Land
Citation
Boyce, J, Van Diemens Land, Black Inc., Melbourne, Victoria, pp. 388. ISBN 9781863954136 (2008) [Authored Research Book]
Copyright Statement
Copyright 2008 James Boyce
Official URL: http://www.blackincbooks.com/books/van-diemen%E2%8...
Abstract
Almost 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
Item Details
Item Type: | Authored Research Book |
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Keywords: | Van Diemen's Land; Australian history; Convicts; British colonialism; Colonial Australia |
Research Division: | Indigenous Studies |
Research Group: | Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture, language and history |
Research Field: | Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander history |
Objective Division: | Culture and Society |
Objective Group: | Understanding past societies |
Objective Field: | Understanding Australia's past |
UTAS Author: | Boyce, J (Mr James Boyce) |
ID Code: | 54292 |
Year Published: | 2008 |
Deposited By: | Geography and Environmental Studies |
Deposited On: | 2009-02-16 |
Last Modified: | 2015-02-17 |
Downloads: | 0 |
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