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Tasmania's insularity was possibly detected by Captain Abel Tasman when he charted Tasmania's coast in 1642. On 5 December, Tasman was following the east coast northward to see how far it went. When the land veered to the north-west at Eddystone Point, [83] he tried to keep in with it but his ships were suddenly hit by the Roaring Forties howling through Bass Strait. [84] Tasman was on a mission to find the Southern Continent, not more islands, so he abruptly turned away to the east and continued his continent-hunting. [85] The 2009 film Van Diemen's Land follows the story of the infamous Irish convict Alexander Pearce and his escape with seven other convicts. Favourable economic conditions throughout Australia, cheaper air fares, and two new Spirit of Tasmania ferries have all contributed to what is now a rising tourism industry. Ryan, Lyndall (2012), Tasmanian Aborigines, Sydney: Allen & Unwin, pp.54–57, 71, ISBN 978-1-74237-068-2 Climate statistics: Hobart (Ellerslie Road)". Bureau of Meteorology. Archived from the original on 7 January 2019 . Retrieved 30 June 2017.

Van Diemen's Land is the setting of the novel English Passengers by Matthew Kneale (2000), which tells the story of three eccentric Englishmen who in 1857 set sail for the island in search of the Garden of Eden. The story runs parallel with the narrative of a young Tasmanian who tells the struggle of the indigenous population and the desperate battle against the invading British colonists.Robson, L.L. (1991) A history of Tasmania. Volume II. Colony and state from 1856 to the 1980s Melbourne, Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-553031-4. S 145°39′27″E / 42.30417°S 145.65750°E / -42.30417; 145.65750 Coordinates: 42°18′15″S 145°39′27″E / 42.30417°S 145.65750°E / -42.30417; 145.65750 The 2008 film The Last Confession of Alexander Pearce tells the true story of Alexander Pearce through his final confession to fellow Irishman and colonial priest Philip Conolly. The film was nominated for a Rose d'Or, an Irish Film and Television Award, an Australian Film Institute Award and won an IF Award in 2009.

The Tasmanian temperate rainforests cover a few different types. These are also considered distinct from the more common wet sclerophyll forests, though these eucalypt forests often form with rainforest understorey and ferns (such as tree-ferns) are usually never absent. Rainforest found in deep gullies are usually difficult to traverse due to dense understorey growth, such as from horizontal ( Anodopetalum biglandulosum). Higher-elevation forests (~500 to 800 m) have smaller ground vegetation and are thus easier to walk in. The most common rainforests usually have a 50-metre [82] canopy and are varied by environmental factors. Emergent growth usually comes from eucalyptus, which can tower another 50 metres higher (usually less), providing the most common choice of nesting for giant wedge-tailed eagles. Tasmania has a reputation within Australia that is often at odds with the reality of the state or may have only been true during colonial times and has only persevered on the Australian mainland as a myth. Because of these stereotypes, Tasmania is often referred to as the primary target (i.e., "butt") of mainland Australian jokes. [191] In more recent times, references to insults against Tasmania are more sarcastic and jovial, but angst against the island still exists. The most commonly cited sarcastic comment is on the supposedly ' two-headed' Tasmanians, which originated due to some colonists developing goitres from the low amount of iodine in the island's soil. [192] But as Tasmania receives higher volumes of inter-state tourists, the perceptions are in the process of changing. [193] Eucryphia lucida (leatherwood) – a prominent floral symbol of Tasmania and a unique monofloral honey species. [106] Until 2012, Tasmania was the only state in Australia with an above-replacement total fertility rate; Tasmanian women had an average of 2.24 children each. [123] By 2012 the birth rate had slipped to 2.1 children per woman, bringing the state to the replacement threshold, but it continues to have the second-highest birth rate of any state or territory (behind the Northern Territory). [124]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. From the early 1800s to the 1853 abolition of penal transportation (known simply as "transportation"), Van Diemen's Land was the primary penal colony in Australia. Following the suspension of transportation to New South Wales, all transported convicts were sent to Van Diemen's Land. In total, some 73,000 convicts were transported to Van Diemen's Land or about 40% of all convicts sent to Australia. [18] Jones, M. C. (2003). "Climatology of cold outbreaks with snow over Tasmania". Australian Meteorology Magazine. 3 (52): 157–169. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.223.253.

Why don't we have more native deciduous trees in Australia?". ABC News. 6 March 2016. Archived from the original on 13 January 2022 . Retrieved 10 January 2022. Climate Statistics for Launceston". Australian Government. Bureau of Meteorology. Archived from the original on 6 January 2020 . Retrieved 5 November 2016. If your goods are faulty or damaged in transit please call the team on 01246 297600 so we can arrange return of the goods & replacement. In the early 1980s the state debated the proposed Franklin River Dam. The anti-dam sentiment was shared by many Australians outside Tasmania and proved a factor in the election of the Hawke Labor government in 1983, which halted construction of the dam. Since the 1980s the environmental focus has shifted to old growth logging and mining in the Tarkine region, which have both proved divisive. The Tasmania Together process recommended an end to clear felling in high conservation old growth forests by January 2003, but was unsuccessful. Brendan Whiting's book Victims of Tyranny, gives an account of the lives of the Irish rebels, the Fitzgerald convict brothers who were sent to help open up the north of Van Diemen's Land in 1805, under the leadership of the explorer Colonel William Paterson.

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I grant anyone the right to use this work for any purpose, without any conditions, unless such conditions are required by law. Proclamation of Tasmanian Devil as Tasmania's Animal Emblem" (PDF). Parliament of Tasmania. 25 May 2015. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 July 2015 . Retrieved 2 June 2015. of the population was born overseas at the 2016 census. The five largest groups of overseas-born were from England (3.7%), New Zealand (1%), Mainland China (0.6%), Scotland (0.4%) and the Netherlands (0.4%). [129] [130] Van Diemens Land". Encyclopædia Britannica. Archived from the original on 3 September 2018 . Retrieved 3 September 2018.

In 1901 the Colony of Tasmania united with the five other Australian colonies to form the Commonwealth of Australia. Tasmanians voted in favour of federation with the largest majority of all the Australian colonies. Tasmanian Aboriginal people had a diverse diet, including native currants, pigface, and native plums, and a wide range of birds and kangaroos. Seafood has always been a significant part of the Tasmanian diet, including its wide range of shellfish, which are still commercially farmed [179] such as crayfish, orange roughy, salmon [179] and oysters. [179] Seal meat also formed a significant part of the Aboriginal diet. [180] Russell Falls". Waterfalls of Tasmania. Archived from the original on 4 September 2021 . Retrieved 4 September 2021. Ryan, Lyndall (2012), Tasmanian Aborigines, Sydney: Allen & Unwin, pp.xix, 215, ISBN 978-1-74237-068-2 The Tasmanian Blue Gum, Eucalyptus glolulus Labill., was collected from the south-east coast of Tasmania in 1792-93 by the French naturalist J. J. H. de Labillardiere and was described and illustrated by him in 1799. Labillardiere was a member of the expedition which, under the command of Bruny d’Entrecasteaux, sailed to the southern hemisphere in search of the missing explorer J. F. G. de La Perouse.

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Wineglass Bay seen from Mount Amos at Freycinet National Park Satellite image showing snow covering Tasmania's highlands, August 2020. Tasmanian people" redirects here. For the original inhabitants of Tasmania, see §Aboriginal people, and Aboriginal Tasmanians. Estimated resident population since 1981 Islands". Geoscience Australia. 15 May 2014. Archived from the original on 13 June 2020 . Retrieved 14 May 2021.