Tasmania

Tasmania (Palawa Kani: lutruwita)  is a large island off the southern coast of mainland Australia. It is a state of Australia. Its capital and the largest city is Hobart. The island was joined to the mainland until the end of the most recent ice age about 10,000 years ago.

Tasmania has wonderful natural history, and is the most forested part of Australia. It has the country's largest areas of temperate rainforest. One of its many unique trees is the Leatherwood (Eucryphia lucida). This is a common tree in wet forests, and there are four related species on the mainland.

Tasmania is the home of rare animals such as eastern quolls and Tasmanian devils. It was the last home of the thylacine, which became extinct in 1936.

 Brief account 
Tasmania is a state of Australia. Unlike the other states, it is an island. The Bass Strait separates it from the Australian mainland. 

Australian aboriginals are the native people of Tasmania. Abel Janszoon Tasman landed on the island in 1642. He called it "Van Diemen's Land". It was later called Tasmania. Much later, people came from Europe, mostly from the British Empire, to live on the island.

 Cities and towns 
Tasmania has four cities: capital city Hobart, Launceston, Devonport and Burnie.

 Population 
Tasmania is the smallest state in Australia. It also has the smallest population. The total population of Tasmania is just over 500,000 (September 2014).

 History 
For an history of Tasmania, see Van Diemen's Land.

 Darwin Crater 

Darwin Crater is a suspected meteorite impact crater in Western Tasmania about  south of Queenstown. 

It is just in the Franklin-Gordon Wild Rivers National Park. The crater is a rimless circular flat-floored depression,  in diameter, in mountainous and heavily forested terrain. It is East of the West Coast Range and the former North Mount Lyell Railway formation.

 Places to visit 
Tasmania has some of the most popular tourist attractions in the world. They range from old country towns to up to date cities. 
Some popular tourist places are:
 Coles Bay
 Port Arthur
 Huonville
 Richmond
 Queenstown
 Strahan
 Hagley
 Hobart

 Famous Tasmanians 
 Errol Flynn, actor, best known for his role in the 1930s as Robin Hood
 Ricky Ponting, former Australian Cricket Captain
 Peter Crumpton, author
 David Boon, cricket player
 Don Kay, composer
 Madison Courto, musician
 Princess Mary Donaldson of Denmark
 Allanah Hill, fashion designer
 Simon Baker, actor
 Ariarne Titmus, Olympic gold medalist swimmer
 Richard Flanagan, author
 Grace Tame, activist and Australian of the Year
 Mama Soup, tiktok creator

References


Category:Australasia
Category:Gondwana
Category:Islands of Australia
Category:1901 establishments in Australia