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Tasmania is an Australian islan and state of the same name. It is located 240 kilometres (150 mi) south of the eastern side of the continent, being separated from it by Bass Strait. The state of Tasmania includes the island of Tasmania, and other surrounding islands. Tasmania has an estimated population of 493,300 as of June 2007 and an area of 68,401 square kilometres (26,410 sq mi).

Trivia about tasmania

  • When Abel Tasman discovered this island in 1642, he called it Van Diemen's Land
  • This island off Australia has been home to carnivorous "devils" & wolves
  • Sailing through a strait off Australia in 1798, George Bass & Matthew Flinders proved this was an island
  • In 1856 those little devils on Van Diemen's Land changed its name to this
  • It's not only Australia's southernmost state, it's the most mountainous as well
  • Australia's only large permanent lakes are artificially created & include Lake Gordon in this island state
  • This island state is sometimes called the "Apple Isle" because it once produced most of Australia's apples
  • Australia's least populous state, it consists of the main island & many smaller ones, including King & Flinders
  • (Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from the Taronga Zoo in Sydney, Australia.) The eastern gray kangaroo can cover 25 feet in a single leap, & they're widespread in this, the country's smallest state
  • The last pureblooded Aborigine on this Australian island died in 1876
  • At 5,305 feet, Mount Ossa is the highest point on this "devilish" Australian island
  • This Australian state's flag features a red lion, just like the coat of arms of its capital, Hobart
  • In 1798-99 George Bass & Matthew Flinders proved this current Australian state was an island by sailing around it
  • Australia's smallest state, this island used to be called Van Diemen's Land
  • Australia's largest freshwater lakes were artificially created & include Lake Gordon on this island state
  • This Australian state has many islands, including King Island, Maria Island & The Kent Group
  • The eastern barred bandicoot has a devil of a time on this Aussie island
  • Have a devil of a time in this smallest state in Australia, often called the Apple Isle
  • You'll have to cross the Bass Strait if you want to travel from Melbourne to this Australian state
  • Named for a surgeon-explorer, the Bass Strait separates Victoria, Australia from this island
  • Ten Days on the Island is an annual cultural festival taking place throughout this Australian state
  • The University of this island state boasts one of the southernmost college campuses in Australia
  • A popular tourist site in this Australian state is Port Arthur, a former penal settlement
  • The people of this Aussie state have an ap"peel"ing nickname: Apple Islanders
  • Hobart is the capital city of this island state of Australia
  • The one state named for a man
  • Seen here, this island was first explored by Europeans around 1642

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