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Tasmanian Devils

Devils, Kangaroos and Convicts

March 25th 2007
A Gorgeous Day in Convict Land We started our day by checking out of our hotel in Hobart. The plan was to drive to the Tasman Peninsula (Tasmania was found by a man named Tasman and thus there are a few places in town with his name attached) in the south east corner of the state. The Tasman Peninsula contains the remains of one of the largest of the original convict prisons construc ... read more
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Australian Flag 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... ... read more
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