[20] The Aboriginal population is estimated to have been between 3,000 and 7,000 at the time of British settlement, but was almost wiped out within 30 years during a period of conflicts with settlers known as the "Black War" and the spread of infectious diseases. [N 5][127][128], At the 2021 census, 86.1% of inhabitants spoke only English at home, with the next most common languages being Mandarin (1.5%), Nepali (1.3%), Punjabi (0.5%) and Spanish (0.3%). 'Bobs Knobs'). Throughout the 1980s, strong environmental concerns saw the building of the Australian Antarctic Division headquarters, and the proclamation of the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area. Council revenue comes mostly from property taxes and government grants. Tourism-related air travel is also represented in Tasmania, such as in the Par Avion route between Cambridge Aerodrome near Hobart to Melaleuca in Southwest National Park. [130], According to the 2021 Census, 50.0% of the Tasmanian population identified as having no religious affiliation. [58][59] Boyce has claimed that the April 1828 "Proclamation Separating the Aborigines from the White Inhabitants" sanctioned force against Aboriginal people "for no other reason than that they were Aboriginal". Stand on the cliffs of South Cape bay, a bracing wind blowing from Antarctica, surf rolling in from the Southern Ocean. As a travel writer, my work completely vanished in April 2020. Tasmania was sometimes referred to as "Dervon", as mentioned in the Jerilderie Letter written by the notorious Australian bushranger Ned Kelly in 1879. Christine Milne became the first female leader of a Tasmanian political party in 1993, and major council amalgamations reduce the number of councils from 46 to 29. Tasmania is the only Australian state that is not located on the Australian mainland. Tasmania lies at similar latitudes to Te Waipounamu / South Island of New Zealand, and parts of Patagonia in South America, and relative to the Northern Hemisphere, it lies at similar latitudes to Hokkaido in Japan, Northeast China (Manchuria), the north Mediterranean in Europe, and the Canada-United States border. To foster tourism, the state government encourages or supports several annual events in and around the island. Tasmania has five broadcast television stations which produce local content including ABC Tasmania, Seven Tasmania an affiliate of the Seven Network, WIN Television Tasmania an affiliate of the Nine Network, 10 Tasmania an affiliate of Network 10 (joint owned by WIN and Southern Cross), and SBS. The South Cape Bay Walk isnt difficult, but its long. Christianity is followed by 38.4% of the population. Drive to the end of the road at Cockle Creek, then a well made walking track to Tasmania's South Coast. [173], In basketball, Tasmania was first represented in the National Basketball League (NBL) by the Hobart Devils, although the team folded in 1996. [15] It is located 240kilometres (150miles) to the south of the Australian mainland, separated from it by the Bass Strait, with the archipelago containing the southernmost point of the country. Well, at latitude of 43 degrees 39 minutes, it's South East Cape, in far-southern Tasmania. Self contained, two bedroom nature based retreat or budget cabins for couples or small groups. These airlines fly direct routes to Brisbane, Gold Coast, Melbourne and Sydney. You are the southern most people in all Australia. The most mountainous region is the Central Highlands area, which covers most of the central western parts of the state. [25], Tasmania is named after Dutch explorer Abel Tasman, who made the first reported European sighting of the island on 24 November 1642. Transportation to the island ceased in 1853 and the colony was renamed Tasmania in 1856, partly to differentiate the burgeoning society of free settlers from the island's convict past. [190] Depending on which borders of the oceans are used, the island can be said to be either surrounded by the Southern Ocean, or to have the Pacific on its east and the Indian to its west. Local leagues include the North West Football League and Tasmanian State League. The South East Cape is a cape located at the southernmost point of the main island of Tasmania, the southernmost state of Australia. The strait was named after George Bass, after he and Matthew Flinders passed through it while circumnavigating Van Diemen's Land in the Norfolk in 179899. Other inland areas are much cooler, with Liawenee, located on the Central Plateau, one of the coldest places in Australia, ranging between 4C (39F) and 17C (63F) in February. Call 1.406.541.2677. As a percentage of 475,884 persons who nominated their ancestry at the 2016 census. Tasmania is perceived within Australia and internationally as an island with pristine wildlife, water and air. Area 26,410 square miles (68,401 square km). [151], The longest-running branch of the Royal Society outside of the United Kingdom is the Royal Society of Tasmania which was summoned in 1843. 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. Tasmania, formerly Van Diemen's Land, island state of Australia. Controversy surrounds the decision in 2014 by the Abbott federal Liberal government to request the area's delisting and opening for resource exploration (before it was rejected by the UN Committee at Doha),[117] and the current mining and deforestation in the state's Tarkine region, the largest single temperate rainforest in Australia.[118][119]. It is the most forested state in Australia, and preserves the country's largest areas of temperate rainforest. The Royal Hobart Show and Royal Launceston Show are both held in October annually. Seafood has always been a significant part of the Tasmanian diet, including its wide range of shellfish, which are still commercially farmed[175] such as crayfish, orange roughy, salmon[175] and oysters. Within the state, the primary form of transport is by road. The top destinations to see the southern lights are the southernmost destinations in the world, including Tasmania. Structurally, Tasmania constitutes a southern extension of the Great Dividing Range. Winter is wonderfully moody; spring is lush and green with bursts of bright yellow wattle; while in autumn the apple trees are brimming with fruit and theres enough of a nip in the air to give everything a fresh frisson. One example is the Hartshorn Distillery, which has won prizes in the World Vodka Awards for three years in a row since 2017.[181]. In the northwest and west, mineral-rich volcanic rock can be seen at Mount Read near Rosebery, or at Mount Lyell near Queenstown. Hun Rive Country Cottage has three bedrooms to suit couples, families or small groups. [citation needed], The Tasmanian Aboriginals were known to have sung oral traditions, as Fanny Cochrane Smith (the last fluent speaker of any Tasmanian language) had done so in recordings from 1899 to 1903. These include the Hobart Southern Outlet, Launceston Southern Outlet, Bass Highway reconstruction, and the Huon Highway. In fact it winds its way through bush and grasslands for the entire walk. Within 12 months, MONA became Tasmania's top tourism attraction. There are lots of gorgeous BnBs around Dover, the closest main town to the South Cape Bay Walk (about an hours drive from your starting point). Im obsessed with the idea of flying over Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre and viewing the mysterious Marree Man from the air.. Some of the tallest waterfalls are found on mountain massifs, sometimes at a 200-metre cascade. The use of firearms was immediately reviewed, and new gun ownership laws were adopted nationwide, with Tasmania's law one of the strictest in Australia. The scramble can be exhausting. Welcome everyone to my new series titled, "Treks to Nowhere". [34] They engaged in fire-stick farming, hunted game including kangaroo and wallabies, caught seals, mutton-birds, shellfish and fish and lived as nine separate "nations" on the island, which they knew as "Trouwunna". English-born painter John Glover (17671849) is known for his paintings of Tasmanian landscapes, and is the namesake for the annual Glover Prize, which is awarded to the best landscape painting of Tasmania. The most cultivated area is the Midlands, where it has suitable soil but is also the driest part of the state. The state capital and largest city is Hobart, with around 40 percent of the population living in the Greater Hobart area.[17]. [87] Summer is from December to February when the average maximum sea temperature is 21C (70F) and inland areas around Launceston reach 24C (75F). The domestic sea route between Tasmania and the mainland is serviced by Bass Strait passenger/vehicle ferries operated by the Tasmanian government-owned TT-Line. [116] [141] Other major employers include Nyrstar, Norske Skog, Grange Resources, Rio Tinto,[142] the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Hobart, and Federal Group. This is a list of countries by southernmost point on land. Plomley and Rhys Jones, settled on a figure of 3,000 to 4,000. [28], A number of Palawa kani names, based on historical records of aboriginal names, have been accepted by the Tasmanian government. By 1830 one-third of Australia's non-Indigenous population lived in Van Diemen's Land and the island accounted for about half of all land under cultivation and exports. The state encompasses the main island of Tasmania, the . The southernmost point of Australia lies within the Wilsons Promontory National Park, its scenic coastal tracks and stunning beaches have made it a longtime playground of Melbournites and visitors from far and wide. Regionally part of Oceania and politically a part of Tasmania, Australia, since 1900, it became a Tasmanian State Reserve in 1978 and was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1997.. The island of Tasmania contains some of the most spectacular mountain, lake, and coastal scenery in the country, and much of its land is protected in national parks and reserves. During their stay, the crew took botanical, astronomical, and geomagnetic observations which were the first of their kind performed on Australian soil. Nevertheless, Tasmania has remained among the poorest of Australias states, with a steadily decreasing share of the countrys population. The southernmost part of the African continent is the former clipper route as named by sailors, but currently, the region is called the Cape Agulhas. It is a part of the Wilsons Promontory National Park. [16] [134], Tasmania has a number of undeveloped regions. In addition, Bellerive Oval regularly hosts international cricket matches. Tasmania, the largest island of Australia, has a landmass of 68,401km2 (26,410sqmi) and is located directly in the pathway of the notorious "Roaring Forties" wind that encircles the globe. [170] Charles Sandys Packer was an early Tasmanian example of the tradition of Australian classical music, transported for the crime of embezzlement in 1839, and at a similar time Francis Hartwell Henslowe had spent time as a public servant in Tasmania. The 1990s were characterised by the fight for LGBT rights in Tasmania, culminating in the intervention of the United Nations Human Rights Committee in 1997 and the decriminalization of homosexuality that year. By the end of the year my travel writing work started to return and so we took a trip to the very, very, very bottom of Tasmania. In particular, proposals for hydroelectric power generation were debated in the late 20th century. The Cygnet Folk Festival is one Australia's most iconic folk music festivals and is held in Cygnet in the Huon Valley every year in January,[182] the Tasmanian Lute Festival is an early music event held in different locations in Tasmania every two years. These all have had varying fortunes over the last century and more, involved in ebbs and flows of population moving in and away dependent upon the specific requirements of the dominant industries of the time. [107], Tasmania is a hotspot for giant habitat trees and the large animal species that occupy them, notably the endangered Tasmanian wedge-tailed eagle (Aquila audax fleayi), the Tasmanian masked owl (Tyto novaehollandiae castanops), the Tasmanian giant freshwater crayfish (Astacopsis gouldi), the yellow wattlebird (Anthochaera paradoxa), the green rosella (Platycercus caledonicus) and others. [69] In 2020, after the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic (SARS-CoV-2) and its spread to Australia, the Tasmanian government issued a public health emergency on 17 March,[70] the following month receiving the state's most significant outbreak from the North-West which required assistance from the Federal government. Its deliciously feature-packed. At the north-west of this, another plateau radiates into a system of hills where takayna / Tarkine is located. [164] Noir-rock band The Paradise Motel and 1980s power-pop band The Innocents[165] are also citizens. The state encompasses the main island of Tasmania, the 26th-largest island in the world, and the surrounding 1000 islands. Like many people, the last few years for me have been a gasping struggle to stay sane and put food on the table. [39], Tensions between Tasmania's Aboriginal and white inhabitants rose, partly driven by increasing competition for kangaroo and other game. Tasmania now has a wide range of restaurants, in part due to the arrival of immigrants and changing cultural patterns. Corrections? 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%). [115] The Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area (TWWHA) was inscribed by UNESCO in 1982, where it is globally significant because "most UNESCO World Heritage sites meet only one or two of the ten criteria for that status. Summer rainfall may vary markedly from year to year, especially in the drier east. The Last Confession of Alexander Pearce and Van Diemen's Land are both set during an episode of Tasmania's convict history. [169] In 1996, Sculthorpe composed the piece Port Arthur: In Memoriam for chamber orchestra, which was first performed by the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra. Rugby League Football is also played in the area, with the highest level of football played is in the Tasmanian Rugby League competition. Traditionally, Tasmania's main industries have been mining (including copper, zinc, tin, and iron), agriculture, forestry, and tourism. It is known for its ecotourism for these reasons, and is considered an idyllic location for Australians considering a "tree-" or "sea-change", or are seeking retirement because of Tasmania's temperate environment and friendly locals. Tasmania's tallest mountain is Mount Ossa at 1,617m (5,305ft). In piano, Kitty Parker from Longford was described by world-famous Australian composer Percy Grainger as his most gifted student. You might even have known Steep Point is the most westerly. The human environment ranges from urban or industrial development, to farming or grazing land. [19] The island was permanently settled by Europeans in 1803 as a penal settlement of the British Empire to prevent claims to the land by the First French Empire during the Napoleonic Wars. Other trees such as wattles (acacias) like blackwood (Acacia melanoxylon) and mimosa (Acacia dealbata) could have their seeds eaten or crushed into a powder. It lies about 150 miles (240 km) south of the state of Victoria, from which it is separated by the relatively shallow Bass Strait. [163], Tasmania has a varied musical scene, ranging from the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra whose home is the Federation Concert Hall, to a substantial number of small bands, orchestras, string quintets, saxophone ensembles and individual artists who perform at a variety of venues around the state. We all spend so much time trying to get to the top. Association Football (soccer) is played throughout the state, including a proposed Tasmanian A-League Club and an existing statewide league called the NPL Tasmania. 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[79] Wineglass Bay in Freycinet on the east coast is a well-known landmark of the state. Stand on the cliffs of South Cape bay, a bracing wind blowing from Antarctica, surf rolling in from the Southern Ocean. Recent additions to the state arts events calendar include the 10 Days on the Island arts festival, MONA FOMA, run by David Walsh and curated by Brian Ritchie and Dark Mofo also run by David Walsh and curated by Leigh Carmichael. A famous example is the Tasmanian devil, which is endangered due to devil facial tumour disease. Scattered across Tasmania are many vineyards,[175] and Tasmanian beer brands such as Boags and Cascade are known and sold in Mainland Australia. [82] 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. Tasmania Southport Southport - Things to Do Cockle Creek Cockle Creek 15 Reviews #1 of 2 things to do in Southport Nature & Parks, Outdoor Activities, Sights & Landmarks, More Southport, Tasmania, Australia Save danielkayelene The Summit, Australia 406 129 Aust's southernmost drivable point Review of Cockle Creek Reviewed February 15, 2022 "[161] Marcus Clarke's novel For the Term of his Natural Life, written in the 1870s and set in convict era Tasmania, is a seminal example. Tasmania is also home to one of Australia's leading new music institutions, IHOS Music Theatre and Opera and gospel choirs, the Southern Gospel Choir. The Museum of Old and New Art (MONA) opened in January 2011 at the Moorilla Estate in Berriedale,[162] and is the largest privately owned museum complex in Australia. These can be found in small creeks, alpine streams, rapid rivers, or off precipitous plunges. Tasmanian film production goes as far back as the silent era, with the epic For The Term of His Natural Life in 1927 being the most expensive feature film made on Australian shores. It lies about 150 miles (240 km) south of the state of Victoria, from which it is separated by the relatively shallow Bass Strait. In the southwest, Precambrian quartzites were formed from very ancient sea sediments and form strikingly sharp ridges and ranges, such as Federation Peak or Frenchmans Cap. Even in summer, theres something dark and woodsy about Tasmania. Rainforest found in deep gullies are usually difficult to traverse due to dense understorey growth, such as from horizontal (Anodopetalum biglandulosum). [176], Tasmania's non-Aboriginal cuisine has a unique history to mainland Australia. Notable titles by Tasmanian authors include The Museum of Modern Love[156][157] by Heather Rose, The Narrow Road to the Deep North by Richard Flanagan, The Alphabet of Light and Dark by Danielle Wood, The Roving Party by Rohan Wilson and The Year of Living Dangerously by Christopher Koch, The Rain Queen[158] by Katherine Scholes, Bridget Crack[159] by Rachel Leary, and The Blue Day Book by Bradley Trevor Greive. [83], The next European to enter the strait was Captain James Cook on HMS Endeavour in April 1770. After hostilities between settlers and Aboriginal peoples ceased in 1832, almost all of the remnants of the Indigenous population were persuaded or forced by government agent George Augustus Robinson to move to Flinders Island. Hobart is the state capital. Fill up on petrol in Dover there are few if any opportunities after that and be aware that the road becomes gravel before you reach your destination. Some of these names have been contentious, with names being proposed without consultation with the aboriginal community, or without having a connection to the place in question.[30]. Average annual precipitation exceeds 100 inches (2,500 mm) on the western ranges and declines eastward to less than 20 inches (510 mm) in some places; along the north coast it exceeds 30 inches (760 mm) in all locations. You'll find this 16km round-trip walking trail - one small section of the 85km South Coast Track which takes some serious planning and packing - at the very end of Australia's southernmost road, near a remote campsite known as Cockle Creek. The House of Assembly Select Committee in 2020 recommended in its report that the number should be increased again from 25 to 35, arguing that such a small representation would undermine democracy and limit the capabilities of the government. https://www.britannica.com/place/Tasmania, Official Tourism Site of Tasmania, Australia, Jewish Virtual Library - Tasmania, Australia, Official Site of Tasmanian Government, Australia, Tasmania - Children's Encyclopedia (Ages 8-11), Tasmania - Student Encyclopedia (Ages 11 and up). Tasmania's insularity was possibly detected by Captain Abel Tasman when he charted Tasmania's coast in 1642. In the House of Representatives, Tasmania is entitled to five seats, which is the minimum allocation for a state guaranteed by the Constitutionthe number of House of Representatives seats for each state is otherwise decided on the basis of their relative populations, and Tasmania has never qualified for five seats on that basis alone. The state of Tasmania also includes Macquarie Island, which is about 1,600km SE of South East Cape. The southernmost point on mainland Australia is South Point, on Wilson's Promontory, in Victoria (3908' S). Tasmania is home to two winners of the prestigious Archibald PrizeJack Carington Smith in 1963 for a portrait of Professor James McAuley, and Geoffrey Dyer in 2003 for his portrait of Richard Flanagan. Favourite Aussie holiday memoryFrom when I was tiny my family would regularly stay at an old-school holiday resort, Kims Camp, on the NSW Central Coast (itsstill therebut it has a nice new name and is much more glamorous today). [148] Services are operated by TasRail. Tasman named the island Anthony van Diemen's Land after his sponsor Anthony van Diemen, the Governor of the Dutch East Indies. [78] Articles from Britannica Encyclopedias for elementary and high school students. During prohibition, Gangster Joe Roscoe acquired part of the island and used it as a centre of rum running activity. However, he also recorded it as a name for Cape Barren Island. The rapid colonisation transformed traditional kangaroo hunting grounds into farms with grazing livestock as well as fences, hedges and stone walls, while police and military patrols were increased to control the convict farm labourers. The Greens won four seats, with over 18% of the popular vote, the highest proportion of any Green party in any parliament in the world at that time. With our fair share of struggle We definitely had to push our limits to reach our goals ! 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. [72] Much of Tasmania is still densely forested, with the Southwest National Park and neighbouring areas holding some of the last temperate rain forests in the Southern Hemisphere. . The Australian Bureau of Statistics has stated that most who nominate "Australian" as their ancestry are part of the, Of any ancestry. Fertile areas occur extensively in the northwest and locally elsewhere, notably in the northeast and southeast. [19] Much of the island is composed of Jurassic dolerite intrusions (the upwelling of magma) through other rock types, sometimes forming large columnar joints. 2023, A blissful, beachy 10-day itinerary around South Australias Eyre Peninsula, Weekend wonder: a city staycation in Brisbanes latest luxe hotel, Inside a supremely stylish new casita on the NSW south coast. It was officially renamed Tasmania in honour of its first European discoverer on 1 January 1856.[26]. The state encompasses the main island of Tasmania, the 26th-largest island in the world, and the surrounding 1000 islands. This series will highlight a collection of travel stories and essays detailing some of my most . Esperance Adventures leads immersive kayak tours around the Huon River, Port Esperance and Recherche Bay, which include riveting tales of the Aboriginal and colonial history of the region (fun or maybe not so fun fact, the European settlers kept their cattle on a remote island in the middle of Port Esperance and would swim their cows back and forwards across the bay. As their name suggests, the southern lights or aurora australis are visible in the southern hemisphere only. The name was later shortened to Van Diemen's Land by the British. ", "Clean, green and leaning on the mainland", "Tasmania Employment by industry (Total)", "Reconstructing the Star Knowledge of Aboriginal Tasmanians", "National Heritage Places Recherche Bay (North East Peninsula) Area", "Tasmanian Natural History Society (18381849)", "How Tamworth beat the big smoke and became the first city of light", "Subscribe to The Australian | Newspaper home delivery, website, iPad, iPhone & Android apps", "Bridget Crack Rachel Leary 9781760295479 Allen & Unwin Australia", "Angelica Banks Allen & Unwin Australia", "MONA puts Tassie on map Tasmania News The Mercury The Voice of Tasmania", "Beathoven and The Innocents Official Web site", "Fanny Cochrane Smith's Tasmanian Aboriginal songs and language preserved forever", "SONGS OF THE TASMANIAN ABORIGINES AS RECORDED BY MRS. FANNY COCHRANE SMITH", "The life, love and legacy of Peter Sculthorpe (19292014)", "Kings Win First Championship in 17 Years with Record Crowd", "Tasmania Tours, Vacation Packages & Travel Experiences", "Favouring curry a long-time Tasmanian trait", "Coronavirus restrictions see 1930's Central Cookery Book become a bestseller", "Sheep why vodka wins top Australia award for third year in a row", "What is the National Penny Farthing Championship? The island was adjoined to the mainland of Australia until the end of the last glacial period about 11,700 years ago. This is when you begin to hear the low, insistent rumble of the Southern Ocean, crescendo-ing as you round each bend. The Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area (TWWHA) meets 7 out of 10 criteria. Today, Tasmania has the second smallest economy of the Australian states and territories, which is significantly formed of tourism, agriculture and aquaculture, education and healthcare. [43] Hostilities increased further with the arrival of 600 colonists from Norfolk Island between 1807 and 1813. The state was badly affected by the 1967 Tasmanian fires, killing 62 people and destroying over 652,000 acres in five hours. Films set in Tasmania include Young Einstein, The Tale of Ruby Rose, The Hunter, The Last Confession of Alexander Pearce, Arctic Blast, Manganinnie (with music composed by Peter Sculthorpe), Van Diemen's Land, Lion, and The Nightingale.
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