Van Dieman’s are an Australian company run by a two-person team based in Tasmania. They have broadened their ink making a lot recently and now have five different series of inks: The Original Colours of Australia (the inks they first made), The Hollywood Series, The Midnight Series, The Wilderness Series (where this ink is from), Tassie Seasons, and Harvest. 70 inks in total! I reviewed Bonfire Night in 2019.
Anthony van Diemen, a Explorer, in an effort to explore the "Great South Land” - subsequently named "Nieuw Holland” and eventually Australia - sent Abel Tasman on an exploration mission. When Abel Tasman discovered the large island below the mainland of Australia he, thinking it was a large territory, named it Van Dieman’s Land after his patron. Eventually it would be renamed Tasmania.
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