Van Diemen's Land

/ væn ˈdiːmənz /

noun

1. the former name (1642–1855) of Tasmania

Example Sentences

They included John Frost, one of the leaders of the Chartist movement and the Newport Rising, who was initially sentenced to death before his sentence was reduced to transportation to Van Diemen's Land, as Tasmania was then called.

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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.

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Between 4,000 and 7,000 Aboriginals were spread out over Tasmania, then known as Van Diemen’s Land, when the British military arrived with a group of convicts in 1803.

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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.

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William Courtney accused George Bradley of stabbing him in his chest at the Impression Bay probation station in Van Diemen’s Land.

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