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Van Diemen's Land is a 2009 Australian thriller set in 1822 in colonial Tasmania. It follows the story of the infamous Irish convict, Alexander Pearce, played by Oscar Redding and his escape with seven other convicts. The voice-over and some of the dialogue is in Irish.
Sep 24, 2009 · Van Diemen's Land: Directed by Jonathan auf der Heide. With Oscar Redding, Arthur Angel, Paul Ashcroft, Thomas M. Wright. The true story of Alexander Pearce, Australia's most notorious convict.
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- Adventure, Biography, History
- Jonathan auf der Heide
- 2009-09-24
The true story of Australia’s most notorious convict, Alexander Pearce and his infamous journey into the beautiful yet brutal Tasmanian wilderness. A point of no return for convicts banished from their homeland, Van Diemen’s Land was a feared and dreaded penal settlement at the end of the earth.
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- Jonathan Auf Der Heide
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In 1822, Alexander Pearce (Oscar Redding) and seven other escaped convicts cross the Australian wilderness.
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- Oscar Redding
- Jonathan Auf Der Heide
- History, Drama
'Van Diemen's Land' opens up a window into the darker chapters of Australia's convict settlement past, when the British penal colony was a harsh, unforgiving wilderness populated by struggling pioneers and convicts sent to the other side of the earth for stealing so much as a loaf of bread.
Sep 24, 2009 · The true story of Australia’s most notorious convict, Alexander Pearce and his infamous journey into the beautiful yet brutal Tasmanian wilderness. A point of no return for convicts banished from their homeland, Van Diemen’s Land was a feared and dreaded penal settlement at the end of the earth.
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The true story of Alexander Pearce, Australia's most notorious convict. In 1822, Pearce and seven fellow convicts escaped from Macquarie Harbour, a place of ultra banishment and punishment, only to find a world less forgiving.. the Australian wilderness. Abandon all hope you who enter.
