South of the Southern Land: Colonial Van Diemen's Land - a portrayal in verse and prose by Randal Morrison | HBA unique exploration of colonial Tasmania interweaving poetry, historic images, and history to imaginatively reinterpret the past. The British colonial rule of Van Diemens Land, like so many early colonisations, was often brutal. Yet midst her many tragedies there evolved a rich history, littered with intriguing characters and events. Tales of the adverse plight of her indigenous people, the transported convicts and those who came in search of

Tech chronic Debbie Rudder

Peter moved to Victoria in 1967 to become a barrister

Tayler’s stunning photographs and the engaging

Bobbing on the surface

‘A cracking tale that closely follows the historical context’

but what about the people who live there

He and Frances become bushwalking companions

’ —Meg Bignell

April 1915

Aurora Australis was ours just as certainly as Antarctica is part of Tasmania

“A work of historical fiction in the truest sense…Overall

Victorian Lady Adventurer