382 - The Frederick Escape: The Ship that Never Was
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Tasmanian Born and Bred
This week's topic was suggested by Jack Seller in Sydney, Australia. Calum J Burgess Wiley from Huddersfield and Daniel English also voted for it. In 1822 the government of New South Wales established a new penal settlement far to the south in Van Diemansland - now called Tasmania. The British colonial government operated one of the most vicious institutions in Australian history. It became known as Pluto's land after the ancient Greek god that ruled the underworld.
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