Tasmania
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Although the state is seldom in the world news, global attention has turned to Tasmania quite a few times. The events outside of living memory earlier in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries nevertheless are as significant. Tasmania was badly affected by the Hobart fires of the 1960s there was major loss of life and property. In the 1970s the state government announced plans to flood environmentally significant Lake Pedder. National and international attention surrounded the No Dams campaign for the Franklin River in the early 1980s. This contributed to the start of the green movement. Tasmanian legislation has attracted world attention several times - some residents have even taken their matter to the United Nations - resulting in some modern laws that compare well against those of the other states. Tasmania has received a position in the top ten of several popular international tourism publications. Tragically on April 28, 1996 in the incident now known as the Port Arthur Massacre lone gunman Martin Bryant opened fire. He killed 35 people (including tourists and residents) and injured 37 others. The use of firearms was immediately reviewed, and Tasmania adopted new gun safety laws. The Sydney-Hobart Yacht race is an annual event that attracts foreign media attention. On May 14, 2004 the royal wedding of former Hobart woman Mary Donaldson to Frederik, Crown Prince of Denmark, and their subsequent visit in 2005, again drew some international attention to the state. |
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1. Dependency status: Australian state 2. Government type: democratic, federal-state system recognizing the British monarch as sovereign (Australia) 3. Location: 240 km (150 miles) south of the eastern portion of the continent, being separated from it by Bass Strait 4. Border Countries: none (islands) 5. Climate: generally arid to semiarid; temperate in south and east; tropical in north6. Terrain: predominately mountainous with some large coastal plains 7. Area: 68,332 km2 8. Capital: Hobart 9. Administrative divisions: Islands: Bruny Island, Flinders Island, King Island, Cape Barren Island, Maria Island, Macquarie Island, Boundary Islet 10. Population: 484,700 inhabitians (2005) 11. Languages: English, native languages 12. Religions: Anglican 26.1%, Roman Catholic 26%, other Christian 24.3%, non-Christian 11% 13. Currency: Australian dollar (AUD) |
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