{"product_id":"van-diemens-land-by-james-boyce","title":"Van Diemen's Land by James Boyce","description":"\u003cp\u003eALMOST HALF OF THE CONVICTS WHO CAME TO AUSTRALIA came to Van Dieman's Land. There they found a land of bounty and a penal society, a kangaroo economy and a new way of life. In this book, James Boyce shows how the Convicts were changed by the natural world they encountered. Escaping authority, they soon settled away from the towns, dressing in kangaroo skin and living off the land. Behind the official attempt to create a Little England was another story of adaptation, in which the poor, the exiled and the criminal made a new home in a strange land. This is their story, the story of Van Dieman's Land.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(190, 75, 25);\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eVan Dieman's Land\u003c\/em\u003e was short-listed for Newcomer of the Year in the 2008 Australian Book Industry Awards, the \u003cem\u003eAge Book \u003c\/em\u003eof the Year Awards, the Nettie Palmer Prize for Non-Fiction and First Book of History Award in the Victorian Premier's Literary Awards, the History Book Award in the Queensland Premier's Literary Awards, the Australian History Prize in the NSW Premier's History Awards, and the 2009 Tasmania Book Prize.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eGenres:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(128, 128, 128);\"\u003e Nonfiction - \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(128, 128, 128);\"\u003e\u003cspan data-sheets-root=\"1\"\u003eAustralia - Tasmania - History - Modern\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eCondition:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(128, 128, 128);\"\u003e Very good\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003ePublished:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(128, 128, 128);\"\u003e 2009 by Headline Feature\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003ePages:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(128, 128, 128);\"\u003e 388\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eISBN:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(128, 128, 128);\"\u003e 9781863954242\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eWeight:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(128, 128, 128);\"\u003e 540g\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e","brand":"Boyce, James","offers":[{"title":"Trade Paperback: 23.4 x 15.2 cm","offer_id":42066755878998,"sku":"","price":8.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/2350\/4982\/files\/20250122_185829_2.jpg?v=1737593506","url":"https:\/\/www.secondhandpages.com.au\/products\/van-diemens-land-by-james-boyce","provider":"Secondhand Pages ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}