''Van Dieman's Land'' is a 1830 British musical comedy play by

William Thomas Moncrieff William Thomas Moncrieff (24 August 1794 – 3 December 1857), commonly referred as W. T. Moncrieff, was an English dramatist and author. Biography William Thomas Thomas, born in London to a Strand tradesman named Thomas, assumed the name Moncri ...

. It was set in Tasmania and concerned the bushranger Michael Howe. The play was acclaimed at the time and is one of the best known early plays set in Australia.

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* (complete text) 1830s plays 1830s Australian plays Plays set in the 19th century Biographical plays about criminals Plays about gangs Plays about bushrangers Plays set in Tasmania Plays set in colonial Australia {{1830s-play-stub