Something in the Dark: The Tale of Ruby Rose and the Tasmanian Gothic

Tasmania is renowned for its sinister colonial past and has an enduring reputation as...a...land set apart from the rest of Australia. Emily Bullock examines several films that take place in the island, particularly Roger Scholes' neglected The Tale of Ruby Rose, and...explores the genre known as Tasmanian Gothic.

Additional keywords: Dark Mofo, Jonathan auf der Heide, Hell's Gates, Van Diemen's Land, cannibal, convict, Alexander Pearce, penal settlement, Exile in Hell, Dying Breed, The Last Confession of Alexander Pearce, The Hunter, Willem Dafoe, For the Term of His Natural Life, Heidi Lee Douglas, Little Lamb.