| − | '''Tasmania''' is a small Island, and state in [[Australia]]. Its population is approximately 1 million and its capital, [[Hobart]], has a population of just over 400 000 people. | + | '''Tasmania''' is a small [[island]], and [[state]] of [[Australia]]. Its population is approximately half a million<ref>Australian Bureau of Statistics,[http://www.abs.gov.au/Ausstats/abs@.nsf/0e5fa1cc95cd093c4a2568110007852b/b75088348a68bb6cca256ec2007f5e6e!OpenDocument Population by Age and Sex, Tasmania], 2005.</ref> and its capital, [[Hobart]], has a population of around 200 000 people.<ref>Geoscience Australia, [http://www.ga.gov.au/education/facts/capital/t.htm Hobart, Tasmania] quoting the 1996 census.</ref> |