Have included a little reading for those that have time about Tasmania.
of the Commonwealth of Australia. It is located 240 km (150 mi) to the south of the Australian mainland, separated by Bass Strait. The state encompasses the main island of Tasmania, the 26th-largest island in the world, and the surrounding 334 islands. The state has a population of around 518,500 (as of March 2016), just over forty percent of which resides in the Greater Hobart precinct, which forms the metropolitan area of the state capital and largest city of the state capital and largest city, Hobart.
The markings on the sand reminds me of trees or a pathway.
Tasmania abbreviated as Tas and known colloquially as ("Tassie") is an island state
Tasmania's area is 68,401 km (26,410 sq mi), of which the main island covers 64,519 km (24,911 sq mi)
Tasmania is promoted as a natural state; almost 45% of Tasmania lies in reserves, national parks, and World Heritage Sites and the state was the founding place of the first environmental party in the world. Though an island state, due to a mapping error the state shares a land border with Victoria at its northernmost terrestrial point, Boundary Islet, a nature reserve in Bass Strait. The Bishop and Clerk Islets, about 37 km south of Macquarie Island, are the southernmost terrestrial point of the state of Tasmania, and the southernmost internationally recognised land in Australia.
The island is believed to have been occupied by Aboriginals for 40,000 years before British colonisation. It is thought Tasmanian Aboriginals were separated from the mainland Aboriginal groups about 10,000 years ago when the sea rose to form Bass Strait. The Aboriginal population was estimated to have been between 3,000 and 7,000 at the time of colonisation, but was almost wiped out within 30 years by a combination of violent guerrilla conflict with settlers known as the "Black War", intertribal conflict, and from the late 1820s, the spread of infectious diseases to which they had no immunity. The conflict, which peaked between 1825 and 1831 and led to more than three years of martial law, cost the lives of almost 1100 Aboriginals and settlers. The near-destruction of Tasmania's Aboriginal population has been described by some historians as an act of genocide by the British.
Interesting information!
ReplyDeleteHave a good break, hoping to have you soon back!
Thanks Sussi...I certainly will be back.
DeleteMagical photo. I loved it. Happy sunday!
ReplyDeleteEnjoy your break - love the marks that tides leave behind when they retreat.
ReplyDeleteEnjoy your trip! It was beautiful to look at the picture.Wonderful sand drawing...
ReplyDeleteInteressante Informationen zu dieser Insel.
ReplyDeleteNoke
beautiful pictures..enjoy your trip..
ReplyDeleteMargaret you live in a nice place. Have a great trip. Love from Poland.I will miss you ..
ReplyDeleteBeen to Tassie once want to go back again, it is such an awesome place
ReplyDeleteThat's a great shot!
ReplyDeleteNow I know more about Tasmania than all of my friends. Don't worry. I won't tell them your name :)). Thank you.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the history---- and that is a really interesting image!
ReplyDeleteJust interested me to check. Population 2015 of Hobart 227,000. How much smaller is Launceston? Quite a bit, 87,000. Have an enjoyable break and see you back soon.
ReplyDeleteI have a friend living in Tassie, she moved there about 15 months ago. I think she is somewhere near Launceston.
ReplyDeleteSee you when you return, Margaret....relax and enjoy your break away from the world of blogging. Take good care. I'm sure I can speak for everyone...we look forward to your return. :)
ReplyDeleteenjoy your break :)
ReplyDeleteAlso to me, it reminds me of the branches of the trees.
ReplyDeleteI wish you a happy journey.
Kisses
Have fun on break
ReplyDeleteEnjoy your "Tassie travels" and a bloody break from BLOGGSVILLE - ha ha.
ReplyDeleteColin
how fascinating these marks are!!!
ReplyDeletei found them so beautiful Margaret !
thank you for introduction of your wonderful part of land friend!
hope you have a blessed happy break !
i hope you are enjoying your break. my friends are on their way to tassie via a cruise. i am very jealous. lol
ReplyDeleteYes, that is a lovely photograph ...
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed the read about Tasmania, thank you.
Enjoy your break
All the best Jan
Very interesting, Margaret. Good work with Tasmania History. Thanks for share, greetings from Mexico.
ReplyDeleteThank you all :) much appreciated.
ReplyDeleteAndrew: Launceston is as you say.
Nice-looking art in the sand.
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