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Jill Kitson. establishment and to transfer the entire population to Van Diemen's Land . Like Norfolk Island , Van Diemen's Land was settled initially to forestall occupation by a foreign power — speci- fically the French , who in 1800 ...
Jill Kitson. establishment and to transfer the entire population to Van Diemen's Land . Like Norfolk Island , Van Diemen's Land was settled initially to forestall occupation by a foreign power — speci- fically the French , who in 1800 ...
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... land in Van Diemen's Land - the ' fairest portion of the island ' - and many well- to - do families who emigrated in the 1830s found there was no good grazing land left . Required ( after 1831 ) to pay five shillings an acre for poor ...
... land in Van Diemen's Land - the ' fairest portion of the island ' - and many well- to - do families who emigrated in the 1830s found there was no good grazing land left . Required ( after 1831 ) to pay five shillings an acre for poor ...
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... lands on the island were occupied , sheep farmers in Van Diemen's Land crossed Bass Strait to the Port Phillip district seeking new grazing land for their flocks . The first family to settle on the southern coast of the mainland was ...
... lands on the island were occupied , sheep farmers in Van Diemen's Land crossed Bass Strait to the Port Phillip district seeking new grazing land for their flocks . The first family to settle on the southern coast of the mainland was ...
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Penal Settlement to Pastoral Colony | 14 |
Assisted Passages | 25 |
Convicts and Settlers | 38 |
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