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== European Colonisation ==

== European Colonisation ==

Tasmania was first discovered by [[Holland|Dutch]] explorer [[Abel Tasman]].  It wasn't claimed until Captain [[James Cook]] of [[Great Britain]] explored the coast of Australia.  It was settled as Australia's second [[penal colony]].

Tasmania was first discovered by [[Holland|Dutch]] explorer [[Abel Tasman]].  It wasn't claimed until Captain [[James Cook]] of [[Great Britain]] explored the coast of Australia.  It was settled as Australia's second [[penal colony]]. The colony of Tasmania declined further shipments of [[convict]]s after 1853.  

 

 

The colony of Tasmania declined further shipments of [[convict]]s after [[gold]] was found west of Hobart in 1835. The discovery of gold caused a rush of immigrants from the mainland and overseas. At one time, there were 10 times as many males as females in the colony—a situation which Governor L Patterson attempted to correct by paying females to immigrate to the new colony. Unfortunately, the payment of females was not a complete success with cases of immigrants providing false passports and accepting payments under false claims.  

== Modern Era ==

== Modern Era ==