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Van Diemen's Land / James Boyce

by James Boyce

This history examines the social and environmental adaptation of convicts in colonial Van Diemen's Land. It explores how the exiled population established a self-sufficient society by utilising the island's natural resources and navigating official British policy.

Accession 12111 ISBN 9781863954914 Publisher Black Inc.
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