Originally, over 35,000 years ago. It was discovered by the Dutch explorer Abel Tasman, who the island is named after, in November 1642. The first European settlement was by the British in 1803.
John Bowen
1295 was the year!
John Bowen was an English colonial settler. He did not settle the Australian capital of Canberra, but rather what is now Hobart, in Tasmania.
No, but Tasmania has a statewide domestic partnership registry. In August 2012, the Premier of Tasmania announced plans to legalize same-sex marriage there by the end of the year.
It is unknown when Tasmania was cut off from the mainland, as it has been an island since before the Aborigines arrived in Australia.
France had a 44-year-old score to settle with Germany in 1914.
1620
1637
No, it is cold in Tasmania. Tasmania is in the Southern Hemisphere.
when was the first notepaper pad made?
The abbreviation for Tasmania is Tas.
In the 1600s