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Author : James Boyce
Publisher : ReadHowYouWant.com
ISBN 13 : 1459600002
Total Pages : 622 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (596 download)
Download or read book Van Diemen's Land (Large Print 16pt) written by James Boyce and published by ReadHowYouWant.com. This book was released on 2010-08 with total page 622 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Large print.
Author : Henry Saxelby Melville
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108039200
Total Pages : 287 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (8 download)
Download or read book The History of the Island of Van Diemen's Land, from the Year 1824 to 1835 Inclusive written by Henry Saxelby Melville and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2011-11-03 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A journalist's critical account of the history and administration of the penal colony of Van Diemen's Land, published in 1835.
Author : Murray Johnson
Publisher : UNSW Press
ISBN 13 : 1742241891
Total Pages : 557 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (422 download)
Download or read book Van Diemen's Land written by Murray Johnson and published by UNSW Press. This book was released on 2015-03-01 with total page 557 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The history of Aborigines in Van Diemen’s Land is long. The first Tasmanians lived in isolation for as many as 300 generations after the flooding of Bass Strait. Their struggle against almost insurmountable odds is one worthy of respect and admiration, not to mention serious attention. This broad-ranging book is a comprehensive and critical account of that epic survival up to the present day. Starting from antiquity, the book examines the devastating arrival of Europeans and subsequent colonisation, warfare and exile. It emphasises the regionalism and separateness, a consistent feature of Aboriginal life since time immemorial that has led to the distinct identities we see in the present, including the unique place of the islanders of Bass Strait. Carefully researched, using the findings of archaeologists and extensive documentary evidence, some only recently uncovered, this important book fills a long-time gap in Tasmanian history.
Author : Joan Kavanagh
Publisher : The History Press
ISBN 13 : 0750966661
Total Pages : 311 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (59 download)
Download or read book Van Diemen's Women written by Joan Kavanagh and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2015-10-05 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On 2 September 1845, the convict ship Tasmania left Kingstown Harbour for Van Diemen's Land with 138 female convicts and their 35 children. On 3 December, the ship arrived into Hobart Town. While this book looks at the lives of all the women aboard, it focuses on two women in particular: Eliza Davis, who was transported from Wicklow Gaol for life for infanticide, having had her sentence commuted from death, and Margaret Butler, sentenced to seven years' transportation for stealing potatoes in Carlow. Using original records, this study reveals the reality of transportation, together with the legacy left by these women in Tasmania and beyond, and shows that perhaps, for some, this Draconian punishment was, in fact, a life-saving measure.
Author : Simon Barnard
Publisher : Text Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1922079340
Total Pages : 89 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (22 download)
Download or read book A-Z of Convicts in Van Diemen's Land written by Simon Barnard and published by Text Publishing. This book was released on 2014-09-24 with total page 89 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seventy-three thousand convicts were transported to the British penal colony of Van Diemen’s Land in the first half of the nineteenth century. They played a vital role in the building of the settlements, as well as the running of the newly established colony. Simon Barnard’s A–Z of Convicts in Van Diemen’s Land is a rich and compelling account of the lives of the men, women and children who were transported to Tasmania for crimes ranging from stealing bread to poisoning family members. Their sentences, punishments, achievements and suffering make for fascinating reading. And the spectacular illustrations, each one carefully drawn in meticulous detail from contemporary records, bring this extraordinary history to life.
Author : James Bischoff
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)
Download or read book Sketch of the History of Van Diemen's Land written by James Bischoff and published by . This book was released on 1832 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Douglas Watt
Publisher : Luath Press Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1910022284
Total Pages : 189 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (1 download)
Download or read book A Killing in Van Diemen's Land written by Douglas Watt and published by Luath Press Ltd. This book was released on 2021-04-15 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Set in Edinburgh in 1690. The body of a wealthy merchant is discovered in his home in the city centre. Was his killing the result of a robbery gone wrong? The vicious mode of his death seems to suggest otherwise. Scotland is in upheaval as political and religious tensions boil, and there is mystery concealed behind the walls of Van Diemen's Land. MacKenzie and Scougall investigate.
Author : Aidan Davison
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780648141334
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (413 download)
Download or read book Mapping Van Diemen's Land and the Great Beyond written by Aidan Davison and published by . This book was released on 2018-07-23 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Collection of historical maps
Author : Sir Paul Edmund de Strzelecki
Publisher : London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 572 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Physical Description of New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land written by Sir Paul Edmund de Strzelecki and published by London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans. This book was released on 1845 with total page 572 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Rachel Leary
Publisher : Allen & Unwin
ISBN 13 : 1760638889
Total Pages : 282 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (66 download)
Download or read book Bridget Crack written by Rachel Leary and published by Allen & Unwin. This book was released on 2017-07-26 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Van Diemen's Land, 1826. A desperate convict flees into the wilderness. But the land that hides her will show her no mercy. A brilliant literary debut from a writer of rare talent. 'The kind of book that keeps you reading past midnight, holding on for dear life. There's a sense of menace on every page. An incredible debut by a brilliant new talent.' Rohan Wilson, author of To Name Those Lost Van Diemen's Land, 1826. When Bridget Crack arrives in the colony, she is just grateful to be on dry land. But finding the life of an indentured domestic servant intolerable, she pushes back and is punished for her insubordination-sent from one place to another, each significantly worse than the last. Too late, she realises the place she has ended up is the worst of all: the 'Interior,' where the hard cases are sent-a brutally hard life with a cruel master, miles from civilisation. She runs from there and finds herself imprisoned by the impenetrable Tasmanian wilderness. What she finds there-what finds her-is Matt Sheedy, a man on the run, who saves her from certain death. Her precarious existence among volatile and murderous bushrangers is a different kind of hell and, surrounded by roaring rivers and towering columns of rock, hunted by soldiers and at the mercy of killers, Bridget finds herself in an impossible situation. In the face of terrible darkness, what will she have to do to survive? A gripping and moving story of a woman's struggle for survival in a beautiful and brutal landscape, Bridget Crack is a unique and deeply accomplished novel by a rare talent. 'A compelling story and terrifically told. Leary's voice is supremely confident and perfectly balances a fine lyricism with tough, sinewy sentences that hit hard and true.' Lenny Bartulin, author of Infamy
Author : James Bonwick
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 444 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)
Download or read book The Last of the Tasmanians written by James Bonwick and published by . This book was released on 1870 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Kristyn Harman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781988531069
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (31 download)
Download or read book Cleansing the Colony written by Kristyn Harman and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: T's no secret that Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania) was a penal colony for British convicts. Yet surprisingly at least 110 New Zealand prisoners were also transported to the island in the nineteenth century to serve time as convict labourers. In examining the remarkable experiences of unremarkable people, this fascinating book provides insights into the lives of people like William Phelps Pickering, a self-made entrepreneur turned criminal; Margaret Reardon, a potential accomplice to murder and convicted perjurer; and Te Kumete, a Maori warrior transported as a rebel. Their stories, and others like them, reveal how New Zealand's governing class was intent on cleansing the colony of what it considered a burgeoning criminal underclass. Van Diemen's Land became a dumping ground for New Zealand's unwanted. Author Kristyn Harman offers insights into penal servitude in Van Diemen's Land as revealed through the lived experiences of the men and sole woman transported from New Zealand. Whether Maori men serving time for political infractions, white-collar criminals, labourers, vagrants or the soldiers sent to fight the empire's wars, each convict's experiences reveal something about the way in which the British Empire sought to discipline, punish and reform those who trespassed against it.
Author : Paul Collins
Publisher : Hardie Grant Books
ISBN 13 : 1742733646
Total Pages : 198 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (427 download)
Download or read book Hell's Gates written by Paul Collins and published by Hardie Grant Books. This book was released on 2014-09-01 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Continue, and individual motives arise: revenge, greed, overblown pride ...
Author : John West
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)
Download or read book The History of Tasmania written by John West and published by . This book was released on 1852 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Author's copy. Printed, with MS. corrections and annotations by the author. Handwriting identical with that in a letter from West to Edward Wise, 5 June 1864 in ML MSS. 1327/3, pp. 315-317. 1. pp. 209-340 are missing, with blank pages inserted at the back used for annotations. 2. identical with other copies of the volume.
Author : Sue Cox
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780648028697
Total Pages : 203 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (286 download)
Download or read book Banished Beyond the Seas written by Sue Cox and published by . This book was released on 2017-08-04 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lord Cockburn cleared his throat. All I could remember were his last words, `¿ transported beyond the seas for seven years ¿¿ Time stopped as I tried to concentrate on those words. I think I cried out. My dreams of returning home were shattered into a million pieces ¿ Jeannie, a doughty Scots lass, is convicted of crimes she did not commit and transported from her beloved lowland Scottish countryside. She endures four gruelling months sailing to ¿demon¿s land¿ and has to deal with the heartbreak of leaving all she knew and loved for a fearful, far-away unknown. Her new life of servitude is filled with long hours of physical toil and emotional suffering. But Jeannie has an inner resilience and a strength born out of new friendships that will see her survive and create a life in Van Diemen¿s Land. This is a harrowing tale of incarceration, sentencing, transportation and servitude; a story of fortitude and perseverance, binding friendships and a mother¿s love.¿ a tough and authentic book that ¿ illuminates the saga of white settlement in Australia through its focus on a single woman.¿Ian Heads, OAM, author & historian
Author : H. W. Parker
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (134 download)
Download or read book The Rise, Progress of Van Diemens Land written by H. W. Parker and published by . This book was released on 1833 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Elizabeth Gammell Hedquist
Publisher : Y Mountain Press
ISBN 13 : 9781611660326
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (63 download)
Download or read book Escape from Van Diemen's Land written by Elizabeth Gammell Hedquist and published by Y Mountain Press. This book was released on 2012-12-11 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
