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Who was Van Diemen that the land was named for? see http://www.picknowl.com.au/homepages/rkfadol/vandiemen.htm

he named the island Anthoonij van Diemenslandt in honor of Anthony van Diemen, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies who had sent Tasman on his voyage of discovery in 1642.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van_Diemen's_Land

[edit] Irish Prisoners

The prisoners shipped from Ireland to Van Diemen's Land included not just criminals, but also political prisoners or those who were in any way associated with armed insurrection. The hatred of the Anglo-Australians was, at least to a large part, fuelled by the fact that many of the prisoners were "rebels," and worse Roman Catholics.--PeadarMaguidhir 10:04, 9 July 2006 (UTC)

True, it wasn't only or even mostly regular convict types. Don't forget the people who were kidnapped from Ireland, usually on specious charges if any, and sent to Van Diemen's land as well as to places such as Barbados. Whole villages were emptied in that way. JBDay 18:53, 12 September 2006 (UTC)