[DOC] [TLE] Van Diemen's Land - Wikipedia [PAR] Van Diemen's Land was the original name used by most Europeans for the 
island of Tasmania, ... independent colony, of which he actually became 
Governor for three days. The demonym for Van Diemen's Land was 'Van 
Diemonian', though ... declaration that the cessation of the coming of convicts has 
been their ruin. [DOC] [TLE] Van Diemen's Land - UTAS Home [PAR] Tasmania's cultural history was pre-determined for more than a century by its 
colonial ... Van Diemen's Land was soon marketing itself as the 'Sanatorium of 
the ... Survival may have been the immediate challenge but it was not the only 
one. ... to the Scottish Highlands, the Gulf of Genoa and the Swiss Alps for 
comparisons.3. [DOC] [TLE] Tasmania, the Name [PAR] While Tasman missed meeting any Aborigines, they knew their land as ... In 1823 
Godwin's Emigrant's Guide to Van Diemen's Land, more properly called ... 
sponsored the renaming through a parliamentary petition to Queen Victoria, who 
... the new name became effective on 1 January 1856, and the next day '
Tasmania'... [DOC] [TLE] Fenton, James --- "A History of Tasmania From Its Discovery in 1642 ... [PAR] And last, but not least, the writer has to acknowledge the valuable assistance he 
has received ... State of the colony--Crown lands--A new era--Swan River 
settlement -- Spencer's Gulf -- Port Phillip first .... TASMANIA (formerly called Van 
Diemen's Land) was discovered by ... An island near Shark's Bay still bears his 
name. [DOC] [TLE] European exploration of Australia - Wikipedia - Busabout [PAR] Oct 19, 2016 ... Dutch seafarers visited the west and north coasts of the continent, as did ... coast 
of Australia and became the first recorded European to explore the eastern 
coastline. ... the Gulf of Carpentaria, believing the land was still part of New 
Guinea. .... He named his discovery Van Diemen's Land after Antonio van... [DOC] [TLE] A History of Tasmania, Vol. I. Van Diemen's Land from the Earliest ... [PAR] If the inhabitants of Tasmania and Western Australia still have cause to ... Their 
activities are clearly elaborated in chapter 14 (though I confess to .... involve' and 
how 'Van Diemen's Land became occupied by a set of people who .... whole, with 
its sections on different geographical areas including Cape York and the Gulf. [DOC] [TLE] History - Australian history - Australian Immigration and Visa Services [PAR] Tasmania at this point was still part of the mainland; it was only separated by 
rising ... is now Indonesia are thought to have been visiting Arnhem Land well 
before .... Control of the continent would provide a base for British naval and 
merchant ..... Victoria, South Australia, and Van Diemen's Land (which changed 
its name to... [DOC] [TLE] Academia.edu | Documents in Van Diemen's Land - Academia.edu [PAR] Educational history, Convicts, Van Diemen's Land, Eugene Rossiet Lennon ... 
Many contemporary Australians have convict forebears, though their families ... in 
the first thirty years of European settlement in Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania). .... 
the Australian continent, crossed the Gulf of Carpentaria, and landed at Kupang,
... [DOC] [TLE] The History of Tasmania - Volume I - Project Gutenberg Australia [PAR] The author takes this opportunity to thank the gentlemen who have allowed him, 
... Van Diemen's Land occupiedstate of Port Jackson at the timePort Phillip 
..... On the 22nd they found their compass was not still within eight points, which 
.... in search of the "southern continent," then the grand object of nautical inquiry,
... [DOC] [TLE] Australia facts, information, pictures | Encyclopedia.com articles ... [PAR] ... Western Australia (1829), Tasmania (formerly Van Diemen's Land, 1825), 
South ... Spanish navigators during the late 15th cent., it became known through 
17th- and 18th-cent. ... Flinders, 1803) established the true extent of the 
Australian continent. .... Although now officially multi-cultural, Australia has still 
not resolved her... [DOC] [TLE] The Discovery and

Question: This continent still has a Van Diemen Gulf, though Van Diemen's Land became Tasmania
Answer: Australia