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  2. John Bowen (Royal Navy officer) - Wikipedia

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    The expedition left at the end of August, with Bowen commanding the Albion.He arrived at Risdon Cove on 12 September 1803. Among the original 49 settlers at Risdon Cove, which became Hobart, were 21 male and 3 female convicts, members of the New South Wales Corps and free settlers and their families.

  3. Robert Hobart May - Wikipedia

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    It is unclear what happened to Robert Hobart May as documented records of him after 1806 appear to be absent. However, in 1829 a Tasmanian Aboriginal man simply named "Robert", who is described as being raised and baptised as a child by the colonists, became part of George Augustus Robinson's "friendly mission" to acquiesce, round-up and exile the surviving Indigenous Tasmanians.

  4. Van Diemen's Land - Wikipedia

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    Van Diemen's Land was the colonial name of the island of Tasmania used by the British during the European exploration and colonisation of Australia in the 19th century. The island, inhabited by Aborigines, was first encountered by the Dutch ship captained by Abel Tasman in 1642, working under the sponsorship of Anthony van Diemen, the Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies.

  5. History of Tasmania - Wikipedia

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    The history of Tasmania begins at the end of the Last Glacial Period (approximately 12,000 years ago) when it is believed that the island was joined to the Australian mainland. Little is known of the human history of the island until the British colonisation of Tasmania in the 19th century.

  6. British colonisation of Tasmania - Wikipedia

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    The British colonisation of Tasmania took place between 1803 and 1830. Known as Van Diemen's Land , the name changed to Tasmania , when the British government granted self-governance in 1856. [ 1 ] It was a colony from 1856 until 1901, at which time it joined five other colonies to form the Commonwealth of Australia .

  7. Van Diemen's Land (film) - Wikipedia

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    The film takes place in 1822 in Tasmania and is loosely based on a true story. A group of transported convicts, suffering brutal treatment at the Sarah Island penal settlement on Van Diemens Land, as Tasmania was then known (until 1856) escape into the wilderness in hopes of reaching the settlements to the east. [3]

  8. List of towns and cities in Australia by year of settlement

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    Original settlement abandoned in 1802. Resettled in 1804. 1803 Hobart: Tasmania: Hobart is Australia's second oldest capital city. Largest city and capital of Tasmania. [6] Originally settled at Risdon Cove, the settlement was moved to Sullivans Cove in 1804. 1803 George Town: Tasmania 1806 Launceston: Tasmania 1807 New Norfolk: Tasmania 1808 ...

  9. History of Hobart - Wikipedia

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    The modern history of the Australian city of Hobart (formerly 'Hobart Town', or 'Hobarton') in Tasmania dates to its foundation as a British colony in 1804. Prior to British settlement, the area had been occupied definitively by the semi-nomadic Mouheneener tribe, a sub-group of the Nuenonne, or South-East tribe. [1]

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