• The history of Tasmania begins at the end of the Last Glacial Period (approximately 12,000 years ago) when it is believed that the island was joined to...
    67 KB (8,489 words) - 17:48, 28 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Tasmania
    Tasmania (/tæzˈmeɪniə/; palawa kani: lutruwita) is an island state of Australia. It is located 240 kilometres (150 miles) to the south of the Australian...
    182 KB (15,368 words) - 13:30, 30 April 2024
  • in most of the history of settled Tasmania, Australia. The current total population of Jews in Tasmania is 376. Most live in the capital city of Hobart...
    6 KB (611 words) - 12:33, 25 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Colony of Tasmania
    The Colony of Tasmania (more commonly referred to simply as "Tasmania") was a British colony that existed on the island of Tasmania from 1856 until 1901...
    33 KB (4,057 words) - 10:09, 9 December 2023
  • This article outlines the history of Smooth Island, popularly known as Garden Island, in Norfolk Bay, Tasmania. The names come from the island's gently...
    122 KB (12,271 words) - 14:21, 29 March 2024
  • Thumbnail for Tasmania Police
    Tasmania Police is the primary law enforcement agency of the Australian state of Tasmania. Established in 1899, the force has more than 1,300 officers...
    23 KB (1,726 words) - 09:41, 28 December 2023
  • Thumbnail for Launceston, Tasmania
    the north of Tasmania, Australia, at the confluence of the North Esk and South Esk rivers where they become the Tamar River (kanamaluka). As of 2021, the...
    75 KB (7,112 words) - 00:18, 18 April 2024
  • The Royal Tasmania Regiment (RTR) is a Reserve infantry regiment within the Australian Army consisting of a single battalion. Formed in 1960 following...
    15 KB (1,602 words) - 00:11, 24 May 2023
  • The British colonisation of Tasmania took place between 1803 and 1830. Known as Van Diemen's Land, the name changed to Tasmania, when the British government...
    8 KB (998 words) - 13:56, 18 March 2024
  • Thumbnail for Devonport, Tasmania
    situated at the mouth of the Mersey River on the north-west coast of Tasmania, Australia. Positioned 47 kilometres (29 mi) east of Burnie and 98 kilometres...
    62 KB (5,569 words) - 10:51, 26 April 2024
  • The University of Tasmania (UTAS) is a public research university, primarily located in Tasmania, Australia. Founded in 1890, it is Australia's fourth...
    57 KB (5,265 words) - 02:23, 23 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Secessionism in Tasmania
    Secessionism in Tasmania has been proposed several times throughout Tasmania's history. Before Federation, there was a lot of support for Tasmania joining the...
    5 KB (503 words) - 06:39, 19 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Geology of Tasmania
    geology of Tasmania is complex, with the world's biggest exposure of diabase, or dolerite. The rock record contains representatives of each period of the...
    80 KB (11,147 words) - 10:34, 17 March 2024
  • Thumbnail for Spirit of Tasmania
    by its trading name Spirit of Tasmania is a company which has been operating ferries from mainland Australia to Tasmania since July 1985. The company...
    18 KB (1,518 words) - 21:21, 29 February 2024
  • Thumbnail for Hobart
    Hobart (redirect from Capital of Tasmania)
    nipaluna) is the capital and most populous city of the island state of Tasmania, Australia. Home to almost half of all Tasmanians, it is the southernmost and...
    100 KB (8,152 words) - 21:37, 14 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Omission of Tasmania from maps of Australia
    state of Tasmania is sometimes omitted from maps of Australia. Such omissions often provoke outrage from Tasmanians. In 1909, the Daily Post of Hobart...
    7 KB (588 words) - 01:45, 20 December 2023
  • Thumbnail for Rail transport in Tasmania
    in Tasmania consists of a network of narrow gauge track of 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) reaching virtually all cities and major towns in the island state of Tasmania...
    17 KB (1,616 words) - 10:35, 7 September 2023
  • Tasmania, an island and state of Australia, has been represented on the Australian Paralympic team since 1980. The greatest number of Tasmanian representatives...
    3 KB (184 words) - 02:55, 30 September 2019
  • Thumbnail for Van Diemen's Land
    Van Diemen's Land (category Colonial history of Tasmania)
    Land was the colonial name of the island of Tasmania used by the British during the European exploration and colonisation of Australia in the 19th century...
    28 KB (3,185 words) - 10:27, 23 April 2024
  • The modern history of the Australian city of Hobart (formerly 'Hobart Town', or 'Hobarton') in Tasmania dates to its foundation as a British colony in...
    102 KB (14,266 words) - 13:30, 3 February 2024
  • Thumbnail for Anthony van Diemen
    Anthony van Diemen (category History of Tasmania)
    nations with bondage and guilt" John West remarked at the opening of his History of Tasmania (Launceston: Dowling) 1852, vol I:4). But the old name lingered...
    8 KB (992 words) - 01:45, 14 February 2024
  • Thumbnail for Flag of Tasmania
    The current state flag of Tasmania was officially adopted following a proclamation by Tasmanian colonial Governor Sir Frederick Weld on 25 September 1876...
    11 KB (1,147 words) - 03:01, 15 April 2024
  • Historical Studies and the History Department of the University of Tasmania. They were based on major regions of Tasmania and the written sources available...
    3 KB (295 words) - 11:28, 15 March 2023
  • Thumbnail for Macquarie Harbour Penal Station
    former colony of Van Diemen's Land, now Tasmania, operated between 1822 and 1833. The settlement housed male convicts, with a small number of women housed...
    16 KB (1,830 words) - 13:15, 5 March 2024
  • Thumbnail for Hydro Tasmania
    Hydro Tasmania, known for most of its history as the Hydro-Electric Commission (HEC) or The Hydro, is the trading name of the Hydro-Electric Corporation...
    25 KB (2,175 words) - 11:10, 29 April 2024
  • unspecified date. The club will be based in Tasmania, with matches to be played across the state. Both University of Tasmania Stadium in Launceston and Blundstone...
    11 KB (778 words) - 10:29, 12 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Flinders Island
    island in the Bass Strait, northeast of the island of Tasmania. Today Flinders Island is part of the state of Tasmania, Australia. It is 54 kilometres (34 mi)...
    20 KB (1,754 words) - 18:55, 30 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Constitution of Tasmania
    Constitution of Tasmania, also known as the Tasmanian Constitution, sets out the rules, customs and laws that provide for the structure of the Government of the...
    26 KB (3,015 words) - 03:10, 23 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Truganini
    Truganini (category History of Tasmania)
    Images of Truganini in State Library of Tasmania collection Alexander, Alison Truganini at Companion to Tasmanian History, University of Tasmania Russell...
    26 KB (2,724 words) - 19:28, 15 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Port Arthur, Tasmania
    Peninsula, in Tasmania, Australia. It is located approximately 97 kilometres (60 mi) southeast of the state capital, Hobart. The site forms part of the Australian...
    25 KB (2,618 words) - 18:28, 15 November 2023