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Abel Tasman first came across what is now Australia's southernmost state, Tasmania (then Van Diemen's land) on 24 November 1642.

He returned to the northern region of Australia in 1644.

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He set out from Batavia in August 1642. He found Tasmania in November of 1642. He decided to call it Van Diemens Land.

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