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State of Tasmania (state) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 42 00 00 S degrees minutes |
Lat: -42.0000 decimal degrees |
| Long: 147 00 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 147.0000 decimal degrees |
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Note: Europeans arrived in 1642 (Dutch Tasman); British settled in 1803 as penal colony; had Anglo-Aboriginal conflicts late 19th cen.; Tasmanian Aboriginals were extinct 1876; island has unique animal species, including Tasmanian Devil; largest city is Hobart. |
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| Tasmania (preferred,C,V,English)
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| Tasmania (Finnish)
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| Tasmania, State of (C,V)
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| State of Tasmania (C,V,O,English-P)
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| Tasmanien (C,O,Swedish)
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| Tasmanian (C,V)
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| AS06 (C,V,FIPS,English,U)
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| an Tasmáin (C,U,Irish Gaelic)
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| Tasmânia (C,U,Portuguese)
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| Tasmanie (C,U,French)
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| Штат Тасмания (C,U,Russian)
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| Тасмания (C,U,Russian)
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| Van Diemen's Land (H,V,English)
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| state (preferred, C) |
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statehood gained 1901 |
| first level subdivision (C) |
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| island (C) |
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| penal settlement (H) |
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