Van Diemen's land was the first not wholly inhospitable area of Australia that the convicts whose sentences were commuted to "transport" settled in. Read Morgan's Run by Colleen McCullough for an insight into this brutal period of Australian/UK history.
Van Diemen's land was the first not wholly inhospitable area of Australia that the convicts whose sentences were commuted to "transport" settled in. Read Morgan's Run by Colleen McCullough for an insight into this brutal period of Australian/UK history.