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Name: Tasmania

Type: Polity

Start: 1856 AD

End: 1900 AD

Parent: great britain

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Was on of the Colonies founded by the British in Australia and one of the six colonies that federated in 1901 to form the Commonwealth of Australia.

Establishment

  • January 1856: Van Diemen's Land was renamed Tasmania, as a way to get away from its past as a penal colony.
  • November 1856: Norfolk Island was split from Tasmania, becoming its own colony.

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    1. Events

  • June 1890: Macquarie Island was transferred from New South Wales to Tasmania.

    • Disestablishment

  • January 1901: Six colonies of the United Kingdom in Australia formed the Commonwealth of Australia.

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