original: He had been a surgeon-superintendent of ships taking convicts to New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land (now known as Tasmania).
simplifications: He had been a surgeon-superintendent of ships taking convicts to New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land. He was the main surgeon on ships with prisoners going to New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land. He had been a surgeon-superintendent of ships taking prisoners to New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land (now known as Tasmania). He was a surgeon-superintendent of ships that took criminals to New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land (now known as Tasmania). He was a surgeon-superintendent of ships taking convicts to New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land, which is now known as Tasmania. He was a surgeon officer on ships that took criminals to New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land. He was a surgeon-superintendent of ships. He took prisoners to New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land. This area is now known as Tasmania. He was a surgeon-manager of ships taking criminals to New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania). He had been a surgeon-superintendent on ships carrying convicts to New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land (now known as Tasmania). He had been a highly rated doctor of ships taking prisoners to New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land (now known as Tasmania).