Geographicals

Tasmania

An island south of Australia and the smallest state of the Commonwealth. Its capital is Hobart. It was discovered and named Van Diemen's Island in 1642 by Abel Tasman, a Dutch navigator, in honor of the Dutch governor-general of the Dutch East Indian colonies. It was renamed for the discoverer in 1853. In 1803 it was taken over by Great Britain and was used as a penal colony. It was granted government in 1856 and federated as a state in 1901. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p1190 & Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, p535)

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An island south of Australia and the smallest state of the Commonwealth. Its capital is Hobart. It was discovered and named Van Diemen's Island in 1642 by Abel Tasman, a Dutch navigator, in honor of the Dutch governor-general of the Dutch East Indian colonies. It was renamed for the discoverer in 1853. In 1803 it was taken over by Great Britain and was used as a penal colony. It was granted government in 1856 and federated as a state in 1901. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p1190 & Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, p535)

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Indexed with the subheadings epidemiology, ethnology.

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an island state of Australia

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  • Australia (1966-1987)

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  1. Z01w.639w.100w.984w
  2. Z01w.678w.100w.373w.984w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Tasmania. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D013648. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D013648
  2. Tasmania. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tasmania
  3. Tasmania. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q34366