| LC control no. | no2018090595 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Geographic heading | Van Diemen's Land |
| See also | Tasmania |
| Beginning date | 1825 |
| Ending date | 1856 |
| Associated country | Australia |
| Special note | SUBJECT USAGE: This heading is not valid for use as a subject. Works about this place are entered under Tasmania. |
| Found in | Wikipedia, July 8, 2018 (Tasmania (abbreviated as Tas and known colloquially as Tassie); island state of Australia; initially part of the Colony of New South Wales but became a separate, self-governing colony under the name Van Diemen's Land in 1825. In 1854 the present Constitution of Tasmania was passed and the following year the colony received permission to change its name to Tasmania; Van Diemen's Land--which thus far had existed as a territory within the colony of New South Wales--was proclaimed a separate colony, with its own judicial establishment and Legislative Council, on 3 December 1825; the colony was renamed Tasmania in 1856; The island was permanently settled in 1803 as a penal settlement of the British Empire to prevent claims to the land by the First French Empire during the Napoleonic Wars; around 75,000 convicts were sent to Van Diemen's Land before transportation ceased in 1853) Getty thesaurus of geographic names online, July 8, 2018 (Tasmania; State of Tasmania; Van Diemen's Land until 1856) |
| Geographic area code | u-at-tm |
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