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Van Diemen's Land was released in Australian cinemas on 24 September 2009, and was rated MA15+ for "strong violence and coarse language". [9] It received mostly positive reviews, and earned an 80% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 10 reviews with an average 6.6/10 rating. [ 10 ]
Bedford was ordained as a priest in 1821, and appointed as a military chaplain for Van Diemen's Land in 1822. He arrived in Hobart Town in 1823, and replaced Robert Knopwood as minister at St David's Church. Bedford remained in this position for the rest of his life, conducting weekly services at St David's and the prisoners' barracks.
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.
Thomas James Lempriere (11 January 1796 – 6 January 1852) was a British colonial administrator in the Australian colony of Van Diemen's Land (present-day Tasmania).He is known for his diaries depicting the convict period in Van Diemen's Land, his work as a portrait and landscape painter, and his work as a pioneering naturalist.
Michael Howe was executed in 1818. That year saw publication of the book Michael Howe : the last and worst of the bushrangers of Van Diemen's Land.However the play was based on another book, Statistical, historical, and political description of the colony of New South Wales, and its Dependent Settlements in Van Diemen's Land by William Wentworth.
Ikey Solomon as printed from a drawing by the Lambeth Police. Isaac "Ikey" Solomon (c. 1787 – 1850) [1] was a British criminal who acted as a receiver of stolen property. His well-publicised crimes, escape from arrest, recapture and trial led to his transportation to the Australian penal colony of Van Diemen's Land (now known as Tasmania).
On 26 October 1822, Andromeda, [James] Muddle, master, arrived at Deal from Leith, and sailed for Van Diemen's Land (VDL). She arrived at Hobart Town on 7 May 1823, with cargo and passengers, having left England in December and having touched at Rio de Janeiro. She was the sixth vessel to sail to Van Diemen's Land from Leith, following Skelton ...
Alexander Pearce (1790 – 19 July 1824) was an Irish convict who was transported to the penal colony in Van Diemen's Land (now Tasmania), Australia for seven years for theft. He escaped from prison several times, allegedly becoming a cannibal during two of the escapes.