Van Diemen's Land
Britishnoun
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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.
From BBC
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
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.
From Washington Post
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
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
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