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In what year did WA vote to become a separate country from the rest of Australia?
1933
In what year was Tasmania cut off from the main land?
It is unknown when Tasmania was cut off from the mainland, as it has been an island since before the Aborigines arrived in Australia.
What year did Tasman visit Australia?
Abel Tasman first visited Australia in 1642. This is when he discovered and named Van Diemen's Land, now Tasmania, Australia's island state.
Who was Australia's first mass producer of beer and where and when did production start?
Cascade brewery in Tasmania, year not know but it was from the time of the convicts
Is Tasmania a state in Australia?
Tasmania is the only state of Australia which is not part of the mainland.Tasmania also has a much cooler temperature year-round than the mainland states.Tasmania is the only state in which the Tasmanian Devil is found in the wild (although it once roamed the whole continent).Tasmania is the smallest of all of the states (discounting the territory of the ACT)The island is predominantly bushland and cool temperate rainforest, whereas the other states have fewer areas of rainforest in relation to their entire area.
What awards are given out on Australia Day?
Australian of the Year is the main award which is given on Australia Day. This award also encompasses separate categories for Senior Australian of the Year, Young Australian of the Year and Australia's Local Hero.
When did Tasmania breack away from the mainland?
Tasmania is no longer connected to the Australian continent because of the movement of tectonic plates, over the many millions of years before humans. Such as most of the world is now broken into many different pieces that look like the may fit together. Unlike most separations of land, the Tasmania-Australia separation did not happen at the connection of two separate plates
What are the cloudiest and rainiest places in Australia?
Tully is the wettest town in Australia with an average rainfall of about 5 metres a year. The wettest place in Australia on average is Mt Bellenden Ker also in QLD with an average annual rainfall of 8312mm (over 8 meters). Waratah and Tullah, Tasmania and other various towns in Tasmania's west are considered to be the rainiest and most cloudiest/miserable places in Australia with Waratah receiving measurable rain on 246.5 days per year (so almost 'every day of the year') and Tullah on 250 days a year on average. But in the whole of Australia the rainiest and cloudiest place in Australia is macquarie island (which is a part of Tasmania) and it receives measurable rain on a whopping 313 days a year on average making it one of the most overcast places in the world. Clear days are extremely rare and may only happen once a month. So if its not raining, its either snowing or overcast.
How many days in one year in Australia?
365, just like the rest of the world.
How many weeks in a year in Australia?
52 weeks, just like the rest of the world.
In what year did Australia and New Zealand compete separately at the Olympics?
That was the 1920 Games in Antwerp when Australia and New Zealand first competed as separate nations.
Is it legal for an 18 year old girl date a 14 year old boy in Australia?
Not if it involves sex, that's statutory rape. Age of consent is 16 in Australia apart from South Australia and Tasmania where it is 17. Just going out and not doing anything sexual is legal but as always the parents of the minor are the ones who give permission.
