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Escape to Van Diemen's land

by Bob Mainwaring

After being transported to Van Diemen's Land to escape poverty in nineteenth-century England, a young man works to establish himself in a new country. The story follows his experiences as a convict labourer and his later pursuit of fortune on the Victorian gold fields.

Accession 23538 ISBN 1921206268 Publisher Temple House Pty Ltd
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