Van Diemen's Land
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Tucked beside a creek, a monument proudly marks it as the first British settlement on what was then called Van Diemen’s Land.
From BBC • Sep. 14, 2024
When Jane Skinner went into labour at Richmond gaol in Van Diemen’s Land, Mary Ann Watson was released from solitary confinement to act as her finger-smith.
From The Guardian • Aug. 19, 2019
We are in 19th century Tasmania, then known as Van Diemen’s Land, in the early days of a conflict that wiped out most of the island’s indigenous population.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 1, 2019
Under the chapter heading “Island of the Damned,” Egan notes that Meagher had a house and a garden, a horse and a dog, went sailing and fishing, and got married in Van Diemen’s Land.
From Washington Post • Mar. 30, 2016
After undergoing ten years of punishment in Van Diemen’s Land, he obtained his release, and settled down in one of the Australian colonies as a small farmer.
From The Cambrian Sketch-Book Tales, Scenes, and Legends of Wild Wales by Davies, R. Rice
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