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Bookmark or Share- Van Diemen's Land (2009) - IMDbWith Oscar Redding, Arthur Angel, Paul Ashcroft, Thomas M. Wright. The true story of Alexander Pearce, Australia's most notorious convict. In 1822, Pearce and seven fellow convicts escaped from Macquarie Harbour, a place of ultra banishment and punishment, only to find a world less forgiving.. the Australian wilderness.
- Black War | Facts & Outcome | BritannicaBlack War, the protracted hostilities between Tasmanian Aboriginal people and British settlers and soldiers on the Australian island of Tasmania (then called Van Diemen’s Land), which lasted from 1804 to 1830 and nearly resulted in the extermination of the Indigenous inhabitants of the island.
- The Black Line | National Museum of AustraliaWhile Abel Tasman was the first European to map parts of Tasmania, naming it Van Diemen’s Land in 1642, the first documented contact between Tasmanian Aborigines and Europeans occurred in 1772. French sailors, led by Marc-Joseph Marion Dufresne, came ashore on the east coast of the island and encountered members of a coastal tribe.
- Van Diemen's Land by U2 - SongfactsSongfacts®: This song is about John Boyle O'Reilly, the leader of an 1864 Irish uprising after the Great Famine. He was banished to Australia for rebelling against the government. Van Dieman's Land is the former name for the Australian state of Tasmania.
- Van Diemen’s Land | Australia, History, Convicts, & MapVan Diemen’s Land, (1642–1855), the southeastern Australian island colony that became the commonwealth state of Tasmania. Named for Anthony van Diemen, governor general of the Dutch East Indies, the island was first encountered by Europeans in 1642 and named by Abel J. Tasman, a celebrated navigator under van Diemen’s command.
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