Tasmania is an island state of the Commonwealth of Australia located 150 miles south of the Australian continent and separated from the larger land mass by the Bass Strait. Tasmania was cut off from the mainland Australia about 10,000 years ago by rising sea levels. The island has almost half a million residents many of whom live in the State capital of Hobart. Nearly half of the island is preserved in nature preserves, national parks or World Heritage Sites. Tasmania is the 26th largest island containing nearly 25,000 square miles. The island is named after the Dutch explorer Abel Tasman who made the first reported european siting of the island in 1642.
Saturday, October 4, 2014
Tasmania
Tasmania is an island state of the Commonwealth of Australia located 150 miles south of the Australian continent and separated from the larger land mass by the Bass Strait. Tasmania was cut off from the mainland Australia about 10,000 years ago by rising sea levels. The island has almost half a million residents many of whom live in the State capital of Hobart. Nearly half of the island is preserved in nature preserves, national parks or World Heritage Sites. Tasmania is the 26th largest island containing nearly 25,000 square miles. The island is named after the Dutch explorer Abel Tasman who made the first reported european siting of the island in 1642.
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