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The road to here: rivers were the highways of Australia’s colonial history
- Author(s):
- Imogen Wegman (see profile)
- Date:
- 2018
- Subject(s):
- Historical geography, Imperialism, History, Australia, Environmental conditions, Social history, Tasmania
- Item Type:
- Online publication
- Tag(s):
- land granting, convicts, Colonial history, Australian history, Environmental history
- Permanent URL:
- http://dx.doi.org/10.17613/y89m-dq40
- Abstract:
- On November 2, 1816, Charles Repeat, "a poor old man", was driving his master’s cart along the short route between Hobart and New Town in Van Diemen’s Land (Tasmania). He accidentally drove over a small tree stump, and was thrown from the cart and killed immediately.
- Metadata:
- xml
- Published as:
- Online publication
- Status:
- Published
- Last Updated:
- 4 years ago
- License:
- Attribution-NoDerivatives
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