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Tasmainie

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Tasmanie
alt text for flag alt text for coat of arms
Flag Coat o airms
Slogan or elk-name
  • The Island of Inspiration;
  • The Apple Isle;
  • Holiday Isle
Motto(s)Ubertas et Fidelitas
(Fertility and Faithfulness)
Map o Australie wi Tasmanie hielichtit
Ither Australie states an territories
Coordinates42°S 147°E / 42°S 147°E / -42; 147
Caipital ceetyHobart
Demonym
GovrenmentConstitutional monarchy
 • GovrenorKate Warner
 • PremierWill Hodgman (LP)
Australie state 
 • Established as Van Diemen's Land1825
 • Responsible govt.
   (as Tasmanie)
1856
 • Became state1901
 • Australie Act3 Mairch 1986
Aurie 
 • Total68,401 km² (7t)
26,410 sq mi
 • Laund67,031 km²
25,881 sq mi
 • Watter1,370.42 km² (2%)
529 sq mi
Population
(Juin 2016)[3]
 
 • Population519,100 (6t)
 • Densitie7.74/km² (4t)
20 /sq mi
Elevation 
 • Heichest pointMount Ossa
1,617 m (5,305 ft)[4]
Gross state product
(2014–15)
 
 • Product ($m)$28,207[5] (7t)
 • Product per caipita$44,011 (8t)
Time zone(s)UTC+10 (AEST)
UTC+11 (AEDT)
Federal representation 
 • Hoose seats5/150
 • Senate seats12/76
Abbreviations 
 • PostalTAS
 • ISO 3166-2AU-TAS
Emblems 
 • FloralTasmanie blue gum
(Eucalyptus globulus)[6]
 • AinimalTasmanie deil
(Sarcophilus harrisii)[7]
 • BirdYellae wattlebird (unoffeecial)
(Anthochaera paradoxa)[8]
 • Mineral or gemstaneCrocoite[9]
(PbCrO4)[10]
 • ColoursDaurk green, reid & gowd
Wabsteidwww.tas.gov.au
Fuitnotes[11][12]

Tasmanie is an island an state o Australie an haes a sea mairch wi Victoria tae the north. Hobart is the maist muckle ceety an the state caipital. In the bygane Tasmanie wis kent as Van Diemans Laund. It haes a wee bit mair nor 500,000 indwallers.

At 62,409 square kilometres Tasmanie is the lairgest island in Australie an 26t lairgest in the warld, houaniver it is the smawest state o Australie wi a aurie o aboot 68,401 km2.

References

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  1. "A SOLDIER'S DIARY DOGS, FINES, RAFFLES, AND "TASWEGIANS"". The Barrier Miner. Broken Hill, NSW: National Library of Australia. 5 Juin 1940. p. 3. Retrieved 2 Mey 2014.
  2. "ON RADIO". The Canberra Times. National Library of Australia. 14 November 1994. p. 34. Retrieved 2 Mey 2014.
  3. "3101.0 – Australian Demographic Statistics, Jun 2016". Australian Bureau of Statistics. 15 December 2016. Archived frae the original on 25 December 2018. Retrieved 1 Februar 2017.
  4. "LISTmap (Mount Ossa)". Tasmanian Government Department of Primary Industries and Water. Retrieved 6 October 2007.
  5. 5220.0 – Australian National Accounts: State Accounts, 2009–10.
  6. "Proclamation of Tasmanian floral emblem". Tasmanian Government Gazette. www.parliament.tas.gov.au. 27 November 1962. Archived frae the original on 25 December 2018. Retrieved 23 Januar 2013.
  7. "Proclamation of Tasmanian Devil as Tasmania's Animal Emblem" (PDF). www.parliament.tas.gov.au. 25 Mey 2015. Retrieved 2 Juin 2015.
  8. "Tasmanian State Emblems". parliament.tas.gov.au. Parliament of Tasmania. Archived frae the original on 25 December 2018. Retrieved 1 Juin 2015.
  9. Proclamation of Tasmanian mineral emblem Archived 2018-12-25 at the Wayback Machine, Tasmanian Government Gazette, 4 December 2000.
  10. "Proclamation of Tasmanian mineral emblem". Tasmanian Government Gazette. www.parliament.tas.gov.au. 4 December 2000. Archived frae the original on 25 December 2018. Retrieved 23 Januar 2013.
  11. Australia Government Geoscience. "Area of Australia – States and Territories". www.ga.gov.au (in Inglis). Retrieved 25 Januar 2016.
  12. Tasmanian Planning Commission (1 Mairch 2010). "Extent and Condition of Lakes and Waterbodies". State of the Environment Report 2009. soer.justice.tas.gov.au. Archived frae the original on 3 Februar 2016. Retrieved 25 Januar 2016.