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What is the island off the southeast coast of mainland Australia?
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What is the large island north of Western Australia?
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What is the name of North Australia named by Abel Tasman?
Abel Tasman's first voyage saw him travel near Van Diemen's Land, now Tasmania. This island state of Australia is southof the continent, not north. Tasman named it after the then-Governor of Batavia.Later, in 1644, Tasman sailed along the northern coast of Australia (although he never circumnavigated the continent) and named just Cape Vanderlin (now simply part of Vanderlin Island), which he thought was part of the mainland, but was in fact part of a group of islands.
Where did Matthew Flinders sail?
Matthew Flinders is most famous for circumnavigating the entire continent of Australia. He and George Bass explored the coastline South of Sydney, and together they made the discovery that Van Diemen's land (now Tasmania) was a separate island, and not joined to the mainland as had previously been thought.
Did Captain Cook plant a flag on Australian soil?
James Cook did not raise the British flag on the mainland of Australia. He planted the flag on Possession Island in Torres Strait on 22 August 1770, claiming the eastern coastline of Australia for Great Britain.
What is the name of the Australian state off the southeast coast of the mainland?
Tasmania is the island off the southeast coast of the Australian continent. It is one of Australia's six states, and Australia's largest island.
What is the name of the Australian island state off the southeast of the mainland?
Tasmania is the island off the southeast coast of the Australian continent. It is one of Australia's six states, and Australia's largest island.
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What island is south of Australia's southeast coast and northwest of New Zealand?
Australia's southern island state of Tasmania is located south of Australia's southeast coast and northwest of New Zealand.
What part of Australia is the Gold Coast located on?
The Gold Coast of Australia is located on the Eastern ciast of Australia's mainland. It is found in southeast Queensland, just north of the border of New South Wales.
What island is south of Australia's southeast coat and northwest of New Zealand?
There is no island that fits this description. Tasmania, the island state of Australia, is South of Australia's southeast coast, but it is not really northwest of New Zealand but closer to just west.
What island state is found off of the coast of Victoria Australia?
Tasmania is Australia's island state, located south of the mainland state of Victoria.
What is the island off the east coast of Australia whose capital is Hobart?
The name of the island is Tasmania, and it is actually a state of Australia. It is located south of the mainland, not east.
Where are Tasmanian devils in Australia?
The Tasmanian Devil is a carnivorous marsupial mammal that is native to Tasmania, the island state of Australia located off the southeast coast of the continent.It was once widespread on the Australian mainland, but the arrival of the Dingo and possibly climate change at the end of the last ice age, may have contributed to its extinction on the mainland.
Did Captain Cook travel to the southeast coast?
Cook started his charting of Australia at Point Hicks, the most southeastern point on the Australian mainland. He did not chart any of the southeast coast west of that point, but he did chart north of that point.
What is the name of the island off the Southern coast of Australia?
There is no island country off the southern coast of Australia. Off the southern coast is the Australian island state of Tasmania.However, a couple of thousand kilometres to the southeastis the country of New Zealand.
What is the biggest sand island in the world?
The world's largest sand island is Fraser Island which lies off the southeast coast of Queensland, Australia.
