Van Diemen's Land
$38.41
- Paperback
416 pages
- Release Date
1 March 2023
Summary
Van Diemen’s Land: A History of Colonial Tasmania
The acclaimed history of colonial Tasmania.
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 multi-award-winning history of colonial Tasmania, James Boyce shows how the newcomers were changed by the natural world they encountered. Escaping authority, they soon settled away from the towns…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781760644819 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1760644811 |
| Author: | James Boyce |
| Publisher: | Black Inc. |
| Imprint: | Black Inc. |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 416 |
| Release Date: | 1 March 2023 |
| Weight: | 530g |
| Dimensions: | 234mm x 157mm x 30mm |
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About The Author
James Boyce
James Boyce is a multi-award-winning historian. His first book, Van Diemen’s Land, was described by Richard Flanagan as ‘the most significant colonial history since The Fatal Shore’. He is also the editor of Inga Clendinnen and the author of Losing Streak, Born Bad, Imperial Mud and 1835, which was The Age’s 2012 Book of the Year.
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