In 1642, Abel Tasman discovered Van Diemen's land, named after his captain and later renamed Tasmania.
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The last few chapters, which describe Wainewright's arrest, trial, conviction and then his brutal experiences as a convict in Van Diemen's Land, are powerfully evocative.
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He died in Van Diemen's Land less than a decade later.