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Van Dieman's Land
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Definition:The former name of Tasmania. Tasmania was an Australian penal colony until 1877 when the Port Arthur prison was closed.Some of the Americans who invaded Canada in 1838—led by Ambrose Bierce's uncle Lucius Bierce—were sent to this very penal colony.
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My intention was to reach, if possible, one of those islands which I had reason to believe lay to the north-east of Van Diemen’s Land.
Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels Into Several Remote Regions of the World (1726)
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I found evident signs of the natives resorting to this island; for, besides fire-places, I saw two miserable wigwams, having only one side loosely covered. We found a pointed stick, about three feet long, with a slit in the end of it, to sling stones with, the same as the natives of Van Diemen's land use.
William Bligh. A Narrative Of The Mutiny, On Board His Majesty's Ship Bounty; And The Subsequent Voyage Of Part Of The Crew, In The Ship's Boat.
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