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    Van Diemen's Land was the colonial name of the island of Tasmania used by the British during the European exploration and colonisation of Australia in...
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  • Van Diemen's Land is a 2009 Australian thriller set in 1822 in colonial Tasmania. It follows the story of the infamous Irish convict, Alexander Pearce...
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    The Van Diemen's Land Company established its headquarters at Circular Head under the management of Edward Curr who arrived in Van Diemen's Land in 1826...
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    large territory, Tasman named it Van Diemen's Land in honour of his patron. Van Diemen is also commemorated in Van Diemen Gulf on the coast of northern Australia...
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  • the British penal colony in Van Diemen's Land, (modern day Tasmania). There is another song also called "Van Diemen's Land" which has been collected in...
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    Founded in 1823, the Bank of Van Diemen's Land was the first financial institution to be established in Van Diemen's Land. Affectionally referred to as...
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  • Van Diemen's Land is the former name for Tasmania. Van Diemen's Land may also refer to: Darwin and Kimberley in northwestern Australia, an area known as...
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    under the name Van Diemen's Land (named after Anthony van Diemen) in 1825. Approximately 80,000 convicts were sent to Van Diemen's Land before this practice...
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  • harmonica The Edge – guitars, keyboards, backing vocals, lead vocals on "Van Diemen's Land" Adam Clayton – bass guitar Larry Mullen Jr. – drums, percussion Guest...
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    commandant and lieutenant-governor in the colonial administration of Van Diemen's Land. The territory was separated from the Colony of New South Wales in...
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    on the continent. Other penal colonies were later established in Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania) in 1803 and Queensland in 1824. Western Australia – established...
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  • The Viking of Van Diemen's Land: the stormy life of Jorgen Jorgensen is a 1954 Australian book by Frank Clune and P.R. Stephensen about Jørgen Jørgensen...
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  • transported to Van Diemen's Land for forgery William Bland (1789–1868), English politician and inventor, transported to Van Diemen's Land for manslaughter...
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    to the central plain of Van Diemen's land. The settler population was 26,000 on the mainland and 6,000 in Van Diemen's Land. Following the end of the...
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    east and west of Launceston, occupying 10 percent of Van Diemen's Land. By 1814 12,700ha of land was under cultivation, with 5,000 cattle and 38,000 sheep...
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    Convict bushrangers were particularly prevalent in the penal colony of Van Diemen's Land (now the state of Tasmania), established in 1803. The island's most...
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    first sentenced to death but received transportation for life to Van Diemen's Land (now Tasmania) in Australia. In 1852, Meagher escaped and made his...
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  • Conflict in Van Diemen's Land is a 1945 Australian radio play by Catherine Shepherd. It concerned Governor Arthur's war against Tasmanian Aboriginals...
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  • Van Diemen's Land is a studio album by Australian singer–songwriter Russell Morris. It was released on 11 April 2014 by Fanfare, Ambition Records. The...
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  • of Van Diemen's land. From 1816, penal transportation to Australia increased rapidly and the number of free settlers grew steadily. Van Diemen's Land became...
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    Van Diemen's Land, rounded Cape Pillar and returned to Furneaux's Islands. By doing so, Flinders had completed the circumnavigation of Van Diemen's Land...
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  • Van Diemen's Land and is where Ambrose was born and lived before moving to the UK to co-found the company. The first car produced was the Van Diemen FA73...
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    The Van Diemen's Land Ensign is an unofficial merchant flag, which was used in the colony (later renamed Tasmania) prior to the adoption of the current...
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  • Volume One: Van Diemen's Land 1803–1847, p. 402. Keith Windschuttle, The Fabrication of Aboriginal History, Volume One: Van Diemen's Land 1803–1847, p...
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    Court's Appeal division sits only in Hobart. The Supreme Court of Van Diemen's Land (as Tasmania was then known) was established by The Royal Letters...
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    send Jeffrey, the intractable absconder, to Van Diemen's Land. Jeffrey was transported to Van Diemen's Land aboard the brig Hawies, arriving on 1 January...
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    giving Van Diemen's Land responsible self-government and a new bicameral parliament. Queen Victoria granted Royal assent in 1855 and Van Diemen's Land became...
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    Musquito (category Van Diemen's Land people)
    with other convicts to Port Dalrymple in northern Van Diemen's Land. On arriving in Van Diemen's Land, Musquito was legally a free man and in 1814, Musquito's...
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    December 1849) was an English-born artist. In later life he migrated to Van Diemen’s Land and became a pastoralist during the early colonial period. He has...
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    northwest Sumatra, and northwest of Van Diemen's Land, though the map is considerably foreshortened; Van Diemen's Land is shown south of the Sunda Strait...
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