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At the end of the last ice age about 10,000 years ago (as of 2009 A.D.), the melting ice caused sea levels to rise all over the world and Bass Strait slowly covered the land bridge between Tasmania and the Australian mainland.

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The Bass Strait separates Tasmania from Australia.


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