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Tasmania
A Dictionary of British History
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Tasmania (formerly Van Diemen's Land), a member state of the federal Commonwealth of Australia, has a population(1995) of 473,000. Hobart (population 194,000), established 1803, is the largest city and state capital. Discovered by Dutch navigator Abel Tasman in 1642 and named Van Diemen's Land it became infamous, following British occupation in 1803, for its ill‐treatment of convicts (especially at Hell's Gate and Port Arthur) and the extermination of its Aboriginal population. Its name was changed to Tasmania in 1856 to help rid the island of its evil reputation.
The island's agricultural settlements and typically small farms are concentrated in its northern and south‐eastern lowland areas leaving the mainly rugged, mountainous, and high‐rainfall forested western two‐thirds largely uninhabited. Tasmania's natural beauty has encouraged a strong environmental movement.
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Tasmania: January-June 1997.(Political Chronicles)
Magazine article from: The Australian Journal of Politics and History; 9/22/1997; 700+ words
; ...scene during this period. A sense that Tasmania was losing touch with the mainland states...economic outlook, drove this debate. Tasmania has a very high level of state debt by...framework for political discussion in Tasmania regarding future regional development...
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TASMANIA TO PRIVATISE BETTING AGENCY.
News Wire article from: AsiaPulse News; 4/8/2009; 700+ words
; ...Pulse - The planned privatisation of Tasmania's state-owned betting agency is expected...state's parliament for the sale of TOTE Tasmania, which conducts parimutuel (totalizator...more betting agencies are pooled. TOTE Tasmania has an annual turnover of A$750 million...
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Tasmania's no tiger, but why?
Magazine article from: Review - Institute of Public Affairs; 9/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; OVER the 1980s and 1990s, Tasmania's economic performance has consistently...unemployment. Over this period, Tasmania's relative economic performance...might take to do so. HOW BADLY HAS TASMANIA PERFORMED? Over the last two decades...
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Tasmania may be Eden, but its tranformation was brutal
Newspaper article from: Winnipeg Free Press; 6/25/2006; 700+ words
; In Tasmania By Nicholas Shakespeare 374 pages, Knopf...1960s, contains an oblique reference to Tasmania in its lyrics. The song tells the story...Dieman's Land was what is now known as Tasmania. Being sentenced to 20 years in Tasmania...
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NEW DEVELOPMENTS AT SCREEN TASMANIA
Magazine article from: Metro : Media & Education Magazine; 7/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; IT IS NOW TWO YEARS SINCE TASMANIA'S SCREEN FUNDING BODY, SCREEN TASMANIA, WAS ESTABLISHED, AND TO DATE, 77 PROJECTS HAVE...MULTIMEDIA. Compared to other funding bodies, Screen Tasmania's $1 million annual grant is tiny. 'But much...
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Outfoxing Tasmania's pest threat.
M2 Presswire; 3/4/2002; 700+ words
; ...PRESSWIRE-4 March 2002-CSIRO: Outfoxing Tasmania's pest threat (C)1994-2002 M2 COMMUNICATIONS...confirmed presence of the European Red Fox in Tasmania has raised fears for the fate of Tasmania's native mammal population. Dr. Tony Peacock...
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CSIRO and University of Tasmania build technology strength for Tasmania.
M2 Presswire; 2/13/2007; 700+ words
; ...CSIRO AUSTRALIA: CSIRO and University of Tasmania build technology strength for Tasmania(C)1994-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE...said that the scheme will boost the growth of Tasmania's research knowledge bank. "Having established...
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Global Outcry Over Falling Forests, Failing Democracy on Australia's Island State of Tasmania.
News Wire article from: AScribe Law News Service; 3/6/2006; 700+ words
; ...of democracy in the country's island state of Tasmania by Forestry Tasmania and Gunns, Ltd., a rogue billion-dollar logging...accordance with scientific recommendations to protect Tasmania's virgin forests from a well-documented arsenal...
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Under Down Under: By Bicycle Through Tasmania
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 9/24/1989; ; 700+ words
; On a recent bicycle trip through Tasmania, the strange magic of the journey didn...group of 14 were native Australians. Tasmania-Australia's remote island state...pretend to belong. To travel through Tasmania is to be exhilarated in many ways-and...
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A devil of a goodtime in tasmania
Newspaper article from: Western Morning News, The Plymouth (UK); 5/19/2007; 700+ words
; ...finished with a greeting: "Welcome to Tasmania." Despite the similarity of the place...in Australia's southernmost state. Tasmania - the island state - is Australia at...and cool in summer. Head south from Tasmania and you're on your way to Antarctica...
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Tasmania
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Tasmania , island state (1991 pop. 359,286...km) south of the state of Victoria. Tasmania includes many offshore islands, among...of more than 50,000 is Launceston . Tasmania is geologically similar to the Australian...
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Harwood, Gwen
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...natural environment on the island of Tasmania, where she lived as an adult. Yet the...quite like other girls.'" Moved to Tasmania One of her poems, "The Rite of Spring...was offered a job at the University of Tasmania, the couple moved to Hobart, Tasmania...
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Joseph Aloysius Lyons
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...1879-1939) was a Labour stalwart in Tasmania and later moved to the federal sphere...Joseph Lyons was born in Stanley, Tasmania, on Sept. 15, 1879. At 17 he qualified...he resigned from his post to run for Tasmania's State Assembly as a Labour candidate...
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Malouf, David
Book article from: Contemporary Novelists
...Australian Literary Studies (Hobart, Tasmania), October 1982; "David Malouf as...Australian Literary Studies (Hobart, Tasmania), October 1982; "David Malouf's...Australian Literary Studies (Hobart, Tasmania), May 1984; "Secret Companions...
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Australia
Encyclopedia entry from: UXL Encyclopedia of Science
...Including the southeastern island of Tasmania, the island continent encompasses 2...Outside of a few regions (including lush Tasmania), the continent is dry, bleak, and...to 161 kilometers) wide. Geology of Tasmania Tasmania separated from mainland Australia...
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