TASMANIA CULTURE

TEN THOUSAND YEARS AGO THE THE ISLAND OF TASMANIA IS BELIEVED TO BE JOINED TO THE MAINLAND.  MUCH OF THE ISLAND IS BELIEVED TO HAVE DOLERITE WITH OTHER ROCK TYPES THAT FORMED LARGE COLUMNS.  IT HAS THE LARGEST DEPOSIT OF DOLERITE. THEY HAVE MOUNTAINS OF QUARTZITE THAT LOOK AS THOUGH THEY HAVE SNOW YEAR ROUND.  EVIDENCE INDICATES THAT TASMANIA WAS FIRST INHABITED BY ABORIGINES ABOUT 35,000 YEARS AGO!  ABOUT 10,000 YEARS AGO TASMANIA WAS CUT OFF FROM MAINLAND AUSTRALIA.  ONCE THE BRITISH CAME HERE IN 1803 THERE WERE 9  ETHNIC GROUPS AMONG 10,000 FOLKS.  THROUGH DISEASES, WAR AND PERSECUITION THEY WERE REDUCED.

CAPTAIN COOK WHO ALSO WHO ALSO WENT TO HAWAII LANDED HERE IN 1774 AND HE NAMED SOME OF THE FEATURE. FROM 1803 TO 1853ABOUT 75,000 CONVICTS CAME HERE FROM NEW SOUTH WALES.  THEY DEVELOPED AGRICULTURE AND INDUSTRIES.

FROM 1856 TO 1901 TASMANIA WAS A BRITISH COLONY.  IT SUFFERED ECONOMIC FLUCTUATIONS, BUT EXPERIENCING STEADY GROWTH.  IN LATE 1800'S IT BECAME THE WORLD'S SHIP BUILDING CENTER.  BY 1901 IT FEDERATED WITH 5 OTHER AUSTRALIAN COLONIES.  BY 1856 IT BECAME SELF GOVERNING COLONY OF THE BRITISH.  IT HAD MUCH LOCAL DEFENSE FORCE THAT EVENTUALLY THEY HAD A SIGNIFICANTROLE IN THE ECONOMY.

IN 1960'S THEY HAD MANY FIRES AND LOSS OF PROPERTY.  IN 2011A PHILANTHROPIST DAVID WALSHOPENED THE MUSEUM OF OLD AND NEW ART.  WITHIN ONE YEAR  IT BECAME TASMANIA'S TOP TOURIST ATTRACTION.

TASMANIA HAS AN INACTIVE VOLCANOE AND IS CONSIDERED A STATE OF AUSTRALIA.  THEIR TALLEST MOUNTAIN 1600 METERS HIGHTHERE ARE FEW FOREST.  TASMANIA HAS A COOL TEMPERATE CLIMATE.  THEY HAVE THE OPPOSITE SEASONS THAT WE HAVE .

THEY GROW MANY APPLES.   IT HAS VERY UNIQUE FLORA AND FAUNA .  MOST FOLKS HAVE BEEN BORN HERE AND ABOUT 20% ELSEWHERE.  THEY HAVE A LARGE NUMBER OF FOOD EXPORTING SECTORS NOT LIMITED TO SEAFOOD.   THEY HAD A LACK OF POPULATION DECLINE IN WOOL MINERAL ECONOMICS AND LACK OF FOREIGN INVESTMENTS.

TASMANIA'S INDUSTRIES HAVE BEEN MINING, COPPER, ZINC, TIN AND IRON, AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY AND TOURISM.

BY THE 1960'S APPLES AND PEARS DECLINED UNLIKE OTHER CROPS INCREASED.  NEW PRODUCTS LIKE WINE, SAPPHRON, RUM, CHERRIES HAVEEEN FOSTERED .

TASMANIA HAS MANY RESTAURANTS. AND THEY HAVE A REPUTATION FOR CHEESE, SEAFOOD, AND DAIRY PRODUCTS.  THEY HAVE YACHT RACES IN SYDNEY AS AN EVENT AS WELL AS MUSIC EVENTS AND AGRICULTURAL FESTS.  THE STATE IS HOME TO INTERNATIONAL CATAMARANS.

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