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Tasmania

Background: Aboriginal settlers arrived on the continent from Southeast Asia about 40,000 years before the first Europeans began exploration in the 17th century. No formal territorial claims were made until 1770, when Capt. James COOK took possession in the name of Great Britain. Six colonies were created in the late 18th and 19th centuries; they federated and became the Commonwealth of Australia in 1901. The new country took advantage of its natural resources to rapidly develop its agricultural and manufacturing industries and to make a major contribution to the British effort in World Wars I and II. In recent decades, Australia has transformed itself into an internationally competitive, advanced market economy. It boasted one of the OECD's fastest growing economies during the 1990's, a performance due in large part to economic reforms adopted in the 1980's. Long-term concerns include pollution, particularly depletion of the ozone layer, and management and conservation of coastal areas, especially the Great Barrier Reef.




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Tasmania
2 days ago: Oliplanet published a blog
Tasmania
October 20th 2009  Oceania » Australia » Tasmania » Hobart
Llegue a Hobart, Tasmania, y la ciudad en si es mucha mas pequeña de lo que me imaginaba, ya que te la puedes andar en cuestión de medio día. Por la noche lo que mas me sorprendió es que a partir de l ... 24 photos [full story]

32 days ago: Travelling Aussies published a blog
Tickets Booked
March 2nd 2006  Oceania » Australia » Tasmania » Hobart
We finally booked our tickets from Sydney to England today. We will be driving to Devonport from Hobart and taking the overnight boat to Sydney with the car. From here we head to Newcastle for a week ... [full story]

Warnambool 2004
68 days ago: Colin published a blog
Warnambool 2004
September 5th 2004  Oceania » Australia » Tasmania
After getting back from Beechworth I spent two nights in Melbourne before leaving on Sunday morning for a trip to the west of Victoria. Most of the day was taken up driving to Warrnambool. Booked in ... 5 photos [full story]

The Summer of My Salvation:  Chapter Thirteen - Hobart
August 12th 2009  Oceania » Australia » Tasmania » Hobart
13 August Beaconsfield, Tasmania It was a coin flip between Tasmania and Darwin, perhaps even Cairns. In place of parasols, sunscreen and holidaymakers poolside, I have opted for drizzly, pa ... 21 photos [full story]

The last few months.............
79 days ago: Foggy published a blog
The last few months.............
August 14th 2009  Oceania » Australia » Tasmania » Hobart
I have realised that time has been passing me by so quickly and I have not managed to get that many blog entries out. I am now 35 weeks pregnant so not long to go before the little girl is born. I ... 10 photos [full story]

The Summer of My Salvation:  Chapter Twelve - Tasmania
August 6th 2009  Oceania » Australia » Tasmania » Launceston
6 August Launceston, Tasmania, Australia Angela cheerfully collected me from the bus station after I mistakenly told her to be there an hour-and-a-half earlier. I did not ask the fifty-three ... 7 photos [full story]

Conservation Work in Tasmania
91 days ago: Bencat published a blog
Conservation Work in Tasmania
June 3rd 2009  Oceania » Australia » Tasmania » Hobart
I leave the mainland of Australia for the short 3 hour flight from Sydney to Tasmania's Capital City, Hobart. Hobart is the state capital and most populous city of the Australian island state of Tasma ... 75 photos [full story]

Melbourne, Tasmania
113 days ago: JeroenB published a blog
Melbourne, Tasmania
July 18th 2009  Oceania » Australia » Tasmania
From Vanuatu I went to Melbourne and flew again with Air Vanuatu. The funny thing was that we departed one and a half hour late because the check in went according to ‘Vanuatu time’. The p ... 3 photos [full story]

Tasmania - part 1
126 days ago: ames123 published a blog
Tasmania - part 1
June 28th 2009  Oceania » Australia » Tasmania
I left Sydney on 8th May and landed in Launceston in what looked like a field! Launceston has a population of about 70,000. The Arthouse hostel I stayed in during my stays here was lovely. It was an ... 41 photos [full story]

Tasmania
132 days ago: Timgray published a blog
Tasmania's natty north
June 28th 2009  Oceania » Australia » Tasmania » Saint Helens
“One’s destination is never a place,but a new way of seeing things”.Henry Miller.After the splendor of the rugged west,what was in store as we drifted down towards the coastal plains ... 5 photos [full story]


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