VAN DIEMEN’S LAND

EP037 INSIDE THE GATES OF HELL

Prison is never nice, but the Victorian prison of Port Arthur in Van Diemen’s Land combined starvation, deprivation, desperation, and […]

At its heart, a prison is the people. But what kind of people ended up in the hellish Port Arthur

How does it feel to be cast out? To lose everything you’ve ever known and be sent to the ends

The journey into Empire continues as we look at Tasmania, known as Van Diemen’s Land. Here the European settlers, the