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Escape to Van Diemen's Land by Bob, Mainwaring (Paperback, 2007)

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Martin Maynard is born into an English country family in the hungry twenties of the 1800's, a period of depression, unrest and hopelessness.Fortunate to have a secure life because of his father's position as bailiff of the great Ashburton Estate, life is good until his father dies prematurely and the family has to leave the estate. Facing a life of abject poverty, he deliberately commits a crime in order to be transported to Van Diemen's Land where he hopes to build a better life. Martin reaches Hobart in 1844 and, after serving his probation deep in the wilderness, he gets a job as a farm hand working for a wealthy ex-convict. Through hard work and quick wits he gradually wins a place for himself in this strange new world. Yet despite his advances, Martin is still faced with tragedy and misfortune. Always ambitious, he tries his luck on the Victorian gold fields in the great rushes of the 1850's. Martin faces daunting obstacles, but he is driven by his love for Rebecca and his wish to be seen as a gentleman. Author Bio-Bob Mainwaring can trace his ancestry back to his farmer forebears who arrived in Van Diemen's Land in 1835 to help pioneer the fledgling colony. Their numerous descendants include farmers and professionals of all kinds as well as a wide selection of tradespeople. He was educated in the public school system and secured his first job at age fifteen as a messenger in the post office, later returning to his first vocation of farming. He lived for twenty-five years on Flinders Island where he developed a successful grazing property running both sheep and cattle and subsequently became a member of the Tasmanian parliament where he served for eleven years. He and his wife now live in retirement in Launceston where he continues to take an abiding interest in the early history of Australia with a special interest in the settlement of the first colonies.

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Sid Harta Publishers
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9781921206269
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95646598

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Bob, Mainwaring
Publication Name
Escape to Van Diemen's Land
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Subject
History
Publication Year
2007
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
388 Pages

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215mm
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140mm
Item Weight
513g

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Australia

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