1840 map of Australia - by A. Arrowsmith

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“Van Diemen’s Land would have been the coolest name for a state but they changed it to Tasmania in 1856. It was a rebranding and apparently, “New Van Diemen’s Land” was too verbose”–pologolfpolo

“It was because “Van Diemen’s Land” had a reputation as a convict hellhole full of horrible murderers and other criminals”–superegz