Its first territorial governor, David Collins, had to deal with problems at the Risdon settlement and was assisted by botanist Robert Brown.
A conflict known as the "Black War" took place here during the period when George Arthur served as lieutenant governor. Its first territorial governor, David Collins, had to deal with problems at the Risdon settlement and was assisted by botanist Robert Brown. Its most famous governor was Sir John Franklin, who was removed from office in 1843, four years before he died looking for the Northwest Passage. Under the British it was home to convict settlements at Port Arthur and Macquarie Harbor, but it was originally named for the governor of the Dutch East Indies by the explorer whom it is now named for. FTP, name this island once known as Van Diemen's Land, now an Australian state with capital at Hobart.
A conflict known as the "Black War" took place here during the period when George Arthur served as lieutenant governor.
{Tasmania} (prompt on “Van Diemen’s Land” before it is mentioned)