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Tasmania was colonised by successive waves of Aboriginal people from southern Australia during glacial maxima, when the sea was at its lowest. The archeological and geographic record suggests a period of drying during the colder glacial period, with a desert extending from southern Australia into the midlands of Tasmania, with intermittent ...
Tasmania, the largest island of Australia, has a landmass of 68,401 km 2 (26,410 sq mi) and is located directly in the pathway of the notorious "Roaring Forties" wind that encircles the globe. To its north, it is separated from mainland Australia by Bass Strait. Tasmania is the only Australian state that is not located on the Australian mainland.
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Peter Dombrovskis (Latvian: Pēteris Dombrovskis; 2 March 1945 – 28 March 1996) [1] was an Australian photographer, known for his Tasmanian scenes. In 2003, he was posthumously inducted into the International Photography Hall of Fame, the first Australian photographer to achieve that honour.
George Clarke, University of Tasmania's first vice-chancellor May 1890 to May 1898, and chancellor from May 1898 to May 1907; William Field, convict turned businessman; Harold Gatty, navigator and aviation pioneer; John Gellibrand, founder of Legacy Australia; Dorothy Edna Genders, Anglican deaconess, early woman pioneer in church leadership
The history of Tasmania begins at the end of the Last Glacial Period (approximately 12,000 years ago) when it is believed that the island was joined to the Australian mainland. Little is known of the human history of the island until the British colonisation of Tasmania in the 19th century.
Truganini was born around 1812 [9] at Recherche Bay (Lyleatea) in southern Tasmania. [10] Her father was Manganerer, a senior figure of the Nuenonne people whose country extended from Recherche Bay across the D'Entrecasteaux Channel to Bruny Island (Lunawanna-alonnah).
Australia portal; Notable people from the City of Hobart in Tasmania. Subcategories. This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total. ...