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Van Diemen's Land was the name originally given to the island known
today as Tasmania, Australia, and it was settled by the British in
1803 as a penal colony. Before writing this history of the island,
the author, Henry Saxelby Melville (1799-1873), a journalist, was
imprisoned in 1835 for contempt of court over an article he wrote
about an ongoing trial. While experiencing the prison system at
first hand, he completed this work, which examines the history of
Van Diemen's Land, focusing on the period from 1824 to 1835, and
offers harsh criticism of the colonial administration and penal
reforms enacted by lieutenant-governor Colonel George Arthur
(1784-1854). Melville also includes an essay of his views on the
island's system of prison discipline. He initially had the book
printed on the island, but later smuggled copies to London where it
could be freely published and read.
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