Location

A 26000 square mile island

approx 145 to 147 degrees east and 42 to 43 degrees south of the equator. 

 http://www.view.com.au/discover/ 

http://home.iprimus.com.au/ozthunder/oz/tasmania.html

Statistics 

Approximate population 480,000 language english mainly of anglo celt origons

European History

http://tourtasmania.com/tasfaq/history/index-text.html

http://www.discovertasmania.com.au/home/index.cfm?SiteID=214

http://images.statelibrary.tas.gov.au/Search/Search.asp?Letter=A&Subject=Aborigines%2C+Tasmanian+-+History+-+1851-1901

http://www.abs.gov.au/Ausstats/abs@.nsf/0/3333146aad6250a7ca256c320024189d?OpenDocument

http://www.justpacific.com/tasmania/first.html

http://www.cultureandrecreation.gov.au/articles/convicts/

sites I found while net surfing with a lot of dates on pacific discoveries

native peoples

http://www.tasmanianaboriginal.com.au/present.htm http://www.guardian.co.uk/australia/story/0,12070,811456,00.html http://tourtasmania.com/tasfaq/people/aborig.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tasmanian_Aborigine

 

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