Van Diemen's Land

British  

/ væn ˈdiːmənz /

noun

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

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Van Diemen's Land

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

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 ● Dec. 26, 2019

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

With respect to the carrying out of a system of transportation, such as formerly existed in the British colonies, especially Australia and Van Diemen's Land, the following modifications seem to be advisable:— 1.

From Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume III (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. by Scherzer, Karl Ritter von