Tasmania Van Diemens Land By Svenja Wiebke Jrgen

Tasmania/ Van Diemen‘s Land By Svenja, Wiebke, Jürgen and Jann

Table of content § § Basic Dates Geography and climate History Ancient penal colonies + state capital – Sarah's Island Macquarie Harbour penal station – Hobart § Activities – Outdoor activities – Adventure activities § Sources

Basic Dates § Capital: Hobart § Population: 500. 000 – Density: 7. 36/km § § § 2 2 Surface: 68. 400 km Governor: Peter Underwood Premier: Lara Giddings

Geography § The eastern part of Tasmania is rather flat agriculture § Four montainous regions § Climate: oceanic mild winters and rather cool summers stormy, rainy

History § 1642: Dutch explorer Abel Tasman discovered mountains at the north-west coast of Tasmania – named it Van Diemen’s Land after the governor of Dutch East Indies § 17 th and 18 th century: many explorers (mostly British and French) made expeditions in Tasmania – Including James Cook (1777) – A lot of British and French names were given to pieces of land, rivers etc.

History § 1854: two houses of Parliament were established § 1856: the name of Van Diemen‘s Land was changed to Tasmania and Tasmania came under control of the British § 1901: The Commonwealth of Australia was stated (Tasmania become part of Australia)

Ancient penal colonies + state capital of Tasmania Port Arthur: -has been Australia's largest penal station -opened from 1830 -1877 -12, 500 convicts served their sentence at Port Arthur -now a museum -with more than 30 historical buildings, ruins and restored residences

Sarah's Island Macquarie Harbour penal station -on the west coast of Tasmania -opened in 1822 -closed in 1833 -one of the harshest penal station of Australia -after the closing in 1833, most of the convicts were relocated to Port Arthur

Sarah‘s Island

State capital and biggest city of Tasmania, Hobart -founded in 1803 as a penal colony -located in the south east of Tasmania -around 205. 000 inhabitants -about the sights: -university, theatres, casino, a beautiful botanical garden and different museums, like the museum of New and Old Art, established in January 2011

Hobart

Outdoor activities • 19 national parks – Line fishing, swimming, hiking, horseriding, enjoying the calmness and nature – two skiable mountains • Visiting the Callington Mill • Go see the Centurion (tallest Swamp Gum tree in the world) – 99. 6 meters tall

Callington Mill Centurion

Adventure activities § § § Bicycle tours / Mountain bike tours Discover various miles of water with a kayak Go rock climbing in the mountains Enjoy the waves while surfing water rafting on many of the island's rivers

Sources • http: //www. discovertasmania. de/destinations/coles_bay, _freyci net_and_the_east_coast • http: //www. tasmania. visitorsbureau. com. au/attractions. html • http: //www. about-australia. com/travel-guides/tasmania/derwent -valley-highlands/attractions/ • http: //en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Category: Visitor_attractions_in_Tas mania • http: //www. discovertasmania. com/activities__and__attractions/ popular_attractions/the_nut, _stanley • http: //tourtasmania. com/content. php? id=nw_index