The History of the Island of Van Diemen's Land, from the Year 1824 to 1835 Inclusive / Henry Saxelby...
The History of the Island of Van Diemen's Land, from the Year 1824 to 1835 Inclusive / Henry Saxelby Melville. [electronic resource]
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Cambridge : Cambridge University Press
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1 online resource (286 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
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Place of publication not identified : publisher not identified, 1835.
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press
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England
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1835.
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Van Diemen's Land was the name originally given to the island known today as Tasmania, Australia, and it was settled by the British in 1803 as a penal colony. Before writing this history of the island, the author, Henry Saxelby Melville (1799-1873), a journalist, was imprisoned in 1835 for contempt of court over an article he wrote about an ongoing...
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The History of the Island of Van Diemen's Land, from the Year 1824 to 1835 Inclusive / Henry Saxelby Melville. [electronic resource]
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Cambridge library collection. History of Oceania
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English
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74VKaz0Vv55O
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991024402504902626
