Van Diemen's land / James Boyce
- Bib ID:
- 4225893
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Boyce, James
- Description:
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- Melbourne : Black Inc., 2008
- x, 388 p. : ill., maps. ; 24 cm.
- ISBN:
- 9781863954136
- Summary:
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"Van Diemen's Land is a new, groundbreaking history of the settlement of Tasmania. James Boyce's book is filled with new facts and new ideas about one of the most dramatic episodes in the history of British colonialism. Combining environmental insights with an unrivalled grasp of the politics of the frontier, it will change the way scholars and the general public alike view Australian colonial history."--Provided by publisher.
- Notes:
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- Includes index.
- Bibliography: p.358-369.
- Subject:
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- Settlement and contacts - Colonisation - 1788-1850
- Race relations - Violent
- Settlement and contacts - Settlers
- Government policy - Initial period and protectionism - 1788-1850
- Tasmania -- Politics and government -- 1803-1851
- Tasmania -- History -- 1803-1851
- Tasmania (Tas)
- Flinders Island (Tas Bass Strait SK55-02)
- Copyright:
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Copyright status was determined using the following information:
- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 2008
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