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Van Diemen's Land

by James Boyce

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Almost half of the convicts who came to Australia came to Van Diemen's 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 Diemen's Land.… (more)
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This should be required reading for every Tasmanian, if not every Australian. It shatters many myths about early convict life and paints a vivid picture of the early years of the Tasmanian colony. What will really stay with me is the genocide of the Tasmanian aborignes, they definitely didn't teach us about this in school history. It's so important that all Australians know the truth about their story. I can't recall so much as a memorial to the Tasmanian aborigines, what an absolute disgrace. ( )
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The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone. - Psalm 118
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To Emma who, with love, made Van Diemen's Land home
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Almost half of the convicts who came to Australia came to Van Diemen's 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 Diemen's Land.

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