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'''Tasmania''' is an [[island]] [[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.<ref>Geoscience Australia, [http://www.ga.gov.au/education/facts/capital/t.htm Hobart, Tasmania] quoting the 1996 census.</ref>

'''Tasmania''' is an [[island]] [[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.<ref>Geoscience Australia, [http://www.ga.gov.au/education/facts/capital/t.htm Hobart, Tasmania] quoting the 1996 census.</ref>. The metropolitan area has a significantly high seismic activity with a fault line running through the outer regions of Hobart.

 

==Early History==

==Early==

Prior to contact from [[Europe]], Tasmania was home to a number of Indigenous groups. It is estimated that when Europeans arrived in Tasmania there were between 4000 and 10,000 [[Tasmanian Aborigines]], in 9 tribes.<ref>[http://www.abs.gov.au/Ausstats/abs@.nsf/0/f6fa372655dcc15fca256c3200241893?OpenDocument 1384.6 - Statistics - Tasmania, 2005 >> History >> Aboriginal occupation] Australian Bureau of Statistics. Accessed 21 March 2007.</ref> Most of these were systematically killed by the White colonists in the first 50 years of colonisation.<ref>[http://www.abs.gov.au/Ausstats/abs@.nsf/0/0D3893BEE905CA98CA256C3200241894?opendocument 1384.6 - Statistics - Tasmania, 2005 >> History >> 1803-1850s, British outpost] Australian Bureau of Statistics. Accessed 21 March 2007.</ref>

Prior to contact from [[Europe]], Tasmania was home to a number of Indigenous groups. It is estimated that when Europeans arrived in Tasmania there were between 4000 and 10,000 [[Tasmanian Aborigines]], in 9 tribes.<ref>[http://www.abs.gov.au/Ausstats/abs@.nsf/0/f6fa372655dcc15fca256c3200241893?OpenDocument 1384.6 - Statistics - Tasmania, 2005 >> History >> Aboriginal occupation] Australian Bureau of Statistics. Accessed 21 March 2007.</ref> Most of these were systematically killed by the White colonists in the first 50 years of colonisation.<ref>[http://www.abs.gov.au/Ausstats/abs@.nsf/0/0D3893BEE905CA98CA256C3200241894?opendocument 1384.6 - Statistics - Tasmania, 2005 >> History >> 1803-1850s, British outpost] Australian Bureau of Statistics. Accessed 21 March 2007.</ref>

==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]].  The colony of Tasmania declined further shipments of [[convict]]s after 1853.  

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.  

==Modern Era==

===Contemporary===

Tasmania joined the Australian [[federation]] at its inception in 1901, a move that was not supported by a significant minority of the voting population.

Tasmania joined the Australian [[federation]] at its inception in 1901, a move that was not supported by a significant minority of the voting population.  

==Economy==

==Economy==