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The Hobart of 1820 to which Judah ... the Chief Constable of Van Diemen's Land … and five directors of the Bank of VDL," Professor Maxwell-Stewart noted. But Esther, "desperate to stop Judah ...
However, Boyce argues: "Van Diemen's Land never vanished but ... nearly killed off the forester kangaroo (the two creatures on Hobart's coat of arms). Trees began to die, probably killed by ...
Van Diemens Land Creamery is home to some of the most ... at that level because that’s what has made all the people from Hobart, Tasmania and tourists to prefer us.” This year’s new look ...
Meet Ellen Miles, aka Bridget Brady, aka the Buzz Winker, aka one of the thousands of "notorious strumpets" who passed through the Cascades Female Factory in Hobart. Sent to Van Diemen's Land at ...
He made a full confession, but Hobart magistrate, the reverend Robert Knopwood, thought it too incredible a story, particularly in the absence of bodies. Pearce was returned to Sarah Island ...
Emma was transported to Van Diemen's Land (lutruwita or Tasmania) for seven years, then spent the rest of her life in Hobart. After her sudden death in February 1863, a local newspaper reported ...
Lu’s Moon Lake Investments Pty bought the 191-year-old Van Diemen’s Land Co. for A$280 million ($214 million) in March, giving him access to 25 dairy farms and enough milk to fill an Olympic ...
Van Diemen’s Band’s acclaimed Lunchbox Concert Series will return to Hobart Town Hall this April and May, offering five bite-sized performances featuring some of lutruwita/Tasmania’s ...
Over 200 years, the Supreme Court of Tasmania emerged from its Van Diemen’s Land era, sending hundreds ... of its kind in Australia. While the Hobart court is now located in Salamanca Place ...
Once again, the 'Baroque super group' Van Diemen's Band has partnered with the City of Hobart to present a new series of Tuesday Lunchbox Concerts in the city's beautiful nineteenth-century Town ...
Along with British and Irish convicts, 627 free men, women and children were transported to the 19th-century penal colonies of Van Diemen’s Land. Their stories, mostly forgotten, are moving.
Van Diemen’s Land chooses to not provide a comedy-cushion as a comfort zone for its audience. Jonathan Auf Der Heide and Oscar Redding aren’t scared to explore the legend of Alexander Pearce ...