The Bush Ranger of Van Diemen's Land

The Bush Ranger of Van Diemen's Land PDF Author: Charles Rowcroft
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Category : Bushrangers
Languages : en
Pages : 162

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The Bush Ranger of Van Diemen's Land

The Bush Ranger of Van Diemen's Land PDF Author: Charles Rowcroft
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Category : Bushrangers
Languages : en
Pages : 162

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Martin Cash, the Bushranger of Van Diemen's Land in 1843

Martin Cash, the Bushranger of Van Diemen's Land in 1843 PDF Author: Martin Cash
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Category : Bushrangers
Languages : en
Pages : 222

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Van Diemen’s Land

Van Diemen’s Land PDF Author: James Boyce
Publisher: Black Inc.
ISBN: 1921825391
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 402

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Winner of the 2009 Tasmania Book Prize Winner of the 2008 Colin Roderick Award Almost half of the convicts who came to Australia came to Van Diemen’s Land. There they found a land of bounty and a penal society, a kangaroo economy and a new way of life. In this book, James Boyce shows how the convicts were changed by the natural world they encountered. Escaping authority, they soon settled away from the towns, dressing in kangaroo skin and living off the land. Behind the official attempt to create a Little England was another story of adaptation, in which the poor, the exiled and the criminal made a new home in a strange land. This is their story, the story of Van Diemen’s Land. Shortlisted in the 2009 Prime Minister's Literary Awards, the 2009 NSW Premier's Literary Awards, the 2010 Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature, the 2008 Age Book of the Year Awards, the 2008 Victorian Premier's Literary Awards, the 2008 Queensland Premier's Literary Awards, the 2008 NSW Premier's History Awards and the 2008 Australian Book Industry Awards ‘A brilliant book and a must-read for anyone interested in how land shapes people.’ —Tim Flannery ‘The most significant colonial history since The Fatal Shore. In re-imagining Australia's past, it invents a new future.’ —Richard Flanagan ‘Like the best history, Van Diemen's Land is not an artfully constructed narrative with the (inevitably inadequate) evidence banished to endnotes, but a dialogue between historian and reader as they explore the fragile sources, and the silences, together.’ —Inga Clendinnen ‘The publication of Van Diemen's Land signals an entirely fresh approach to Australian history-writing ... This is a brilliant publication.’ —Alan Atkinson ‘A fresh and sparkling account.’ —Henry Reynolds James Boyce is the multiple award-winning author of Born Bad, 1835 and Van Diemen’s Land. He has a PhD from the University of Tasmania, where he is an honorary research associate of the School of Geography and Environmental Studies.

Sketch of the History of Van Diemen's Land

Sketch of the History of Van Diemen's Land PDF Author: James Bischoff
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Category : Tasmania
Languages : en
Pages : 292

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History of Australian Bushranging

History of Australian Bushranging PDF Author: Charles White
Publisher: Viking
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Category : Australia
Languages : en
Pages : 436

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Bridget Crack

Bridget Crack PDF Author: Rachel Leary
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
ISBN: 1760638889
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 282

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Van Diemen's Land, 1826. A desperate convict flees into the wilderness. But the land that hides her will show her no mercy. A brilliant literary debut from a writer of rare talent. 'The kind of book that keeps you reading past midnight, holding on for dear life. There's a sense of menace on every page. An incredible debut by a brilliant new talent.' Rohan Wilson, author of To Name Those Lost Van Diemen's Land, 1826. When Bridget Crack arrives in the colony, she is just grateful to be on dry land. But finding the life of an indentured domestic servant intolerable, she pushes back and is punished for her insubordination-sent from one place to another, each significantly worse than the last. Too late, she realises the place she has ended up is the worst of all: the 'Interior,' where the hard cases are sent-a brutally hard life with a cruel master, miles from civilisation. She runs from there and finds herself imprisoned by the impenetrable Tasmanian wilderness. What she finds there-what finds her-is Matt Sheedy, a man on the run, who saves her from certain death. Her precarious existence among volatile and murderous bushrangers is a different kind of hell and, surrounded by roaring rivers and towering columns of rock, hunted by soldiers and at the mercy of killers, Bridget finds herself in an impossible situation. In the face of terrible darkness, what will she have to do to survive? A gripping and moving story of a woman's struggle for survival in a beautiful and brutal landscape, Bridget Crack is a unique and deeply accomplished novel by a rare talent. 'A compelling story and terrifically told. Leary's voice is supremely confident and perfectly balances a fine lyricism with tough, sinewy sentences that hit hard and true.' Lenny Bartulin, author of Infamy

Van Diemen's Land (Large Print 16pt)

Van Diemen's Land (Large Print 16pt) PDF Author: James Boyce
Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com
ISBN: 1459600002
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 622

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The Story of the Australian Bushrangers

The Story of the Australian Bushrangers PDF Author: George Boxall
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Category : Australia
Languages : en
Pages : 414

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The Story of the Australian Bushrangers

The Story of the Australian Bushrangers PDF Author: George E. Boxall
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Category : Australia
Languages : en
Pages : 418

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History of the Australian Bushrangers

History of the Australian Bushrangers PDF Author: George Eedes Boxall
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Category : Australia
Languages : en
Pages : 452

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