Tasmania hæfþ hiere nama fram þǣm Niðerlandiscum liþmann Abel Tasman, se afand þæt land. Þæs īeglandes nama wæs ""Van Diemans Land"" oððæt hit hæfde his āgan onweald on 1 January 1856. Swa Van Diemans Land wæs hit gecnawen for ageldung landbūnessa þa ārærde man on þǣm lande.