The road to here: rivers were the highways of Australia's colonial history
- Written by Imogen Wegman, Project officer, University of Tasmania
A river in Van Diemen's Land, charted during Nicolas Baudin's 1802 journey.National Library of Australia, CC BY-NC
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...
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