Editing Van Diemen's Land (section)

=== Music ===
* [[U2]] recorded the song "Van Diemen's Land" for their 1988 album ''[[Rattle and Hum]]'', with lyrics expressing the plight of a man facing transportation.<ref>{{cite web |title=U2 &gt; Discography &gt; Lyrics &gt; Van Diemen's Land |url=https://www.u2.com/music/lyrics/160 |website=U2.com |access-date=16 July 2022 |language=en}}</ref>
* Tom Russell sets Van Diemen's Land as the ship's destination in his song "Isaac Lewis" on the album "Modern Art".
* In the traditional [[Irish traditional music|Irish folk song]] "[[The Black Velvet Band]]", the protagonist is found guilty of stealing a watch and is sent to Van Diemen's Land as punishment.
* The song "Van Diemen's Land" in the album titled "Parcel of Rogues" with vocals by [[Barbara Dickson]] is about an Irish man caught for poaching and transported to Van Diemen's Land and the hardships he has living there.
* Russell Morris released an album titled "[[Van Diemen's Land (album)|Van Diemen's Land]]" in Australia in 2014.  The title track describes the voyage of a convict being transported to Van Diemen's Land and was released with a video shot in Tasmania.
* The [[Roud Folk Song Index]] includes two different English [[transportation ballads]] with the title [[Van Diemen's Land (folk song)|Van Diemen's Land]], both about a poacher sentenced to transportation to the penal colony.
* The album "Fred Holstein: A Collection" includes [[Fred Holstein]]'s version of the classic folk song "Maggie May" ([[Maggie May (folk song)]], which is different from Rod Stewart's [[Maggie May]]). In his version, the prostitute and thief Maggie May is transported to "Van Diemen's cruel shore."
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*[[Ewan MacColl|Ewan McColl]] recorded the transportation song "Van Diemen's Land," releasing it on the Riverside Records long-playing album "Scots Streets Songs," and also released the song as a 45-rpm single. 
* ''The Fields Of Athenrye'': Depicting a young girl saying goodbye to her partner as he's being transported to Van Diemen's land for stealing "Trevelyan's corn"