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Welcome to the Tasmania, Australia Portal on Geni
This is a sub-project of the Australian Portal
This Tasmania Portal has been created to:
- Link together existing Tasmania, Australia projects
- Encourage new Tasmania, Australia projects to be created
- Encourage collaboration between Tasmania-based Geni users, and Geni users worldwide who have Tasmania, Australia interests and connections
- Promote and facilitate Tasmania, Australia genealogical research
- Promote Tasmania, Australia, its people, cultures and traditions to the wider Geni community
Please join us!
About Tasmania
Tasmania, abbreviated TAS and known colloquially as Tassie, is an island state of Australia. It is located 240km to the south of the Australian continent, separated by the Bass Strait. Tasmania's area is 68,401 square kilometres.
The state capital city is Hobart.
Etymology
The state is named after Dutch explorer Abel Tasman, who made the first reported European sighting of the island on 24 November 1642. Tasman named the island "Anthony van Diemen's Land" after his sponsor Anthony van Diemen, the Governor of the Dutch East Indies. The name was later shortened to Van Diemen's Land by the British. It was officially renamed Tasmania in honour of its first European discoverer on 1 January 1856.
Tasmania was sometimes referred to as "Dervon", as mentioned in The Jerilderie Letter written by the notorious Australian bushranger Ned Kelly in 1879.
(do the town lists below serve any purpose? OK to be deleted?)
Hobart Suburbs
- Acton Park
- Austins Ferry
- Battery Point
- Bellerieve
- Berriedale
- Blackmans Bay
- Bonnet Hill
- Bridgewater
- Brighton
- Cambridge
- Chigwell
- Claremont
- Clarendon Vale
- Collinsvale
- Derwent Park
- Dodges Ferry
- Dowsing Point
- Dynnyrne
- Fern Tree
- Gagebrook
- Geilston Bay
- Glebe
- Glenlusk
- Glenorchy
- Goodwood
- Granton
- Green Point
- Hobart
- Howden
- Howrah
- Huntingfield
- Kingston
- Kingston Beach
- Lauderdale
- Lenah Valley
- Lindisfarne
- Lutana
- Midway Point
- Montagu Bay
- Montrose
- Moonah
- Mornington
- Mount Nelson
- Mount Rumney
- Mount Stuart
- New Town
- North Hobart
- Oakdowns
- Old Beach
- Otago
- Ridgeway
- Risdon
- Risdon Vale
- Roches Beach
- Rokeby
- Rose Bay
- Rosetta
- Rosny
- Rosny Park
- Sandy Bay
- Sorell
- South Hobart
- Taroona
- Tolman's Hill
- Tranmere
- Warrane
- West Hobart
- West Moonah
Tasmanian Towns
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- Abbotsham
- Abels Bay
- Aberdeen
- Acacia Hills
- Acton
- Adventure Bay
- Akaroa
- Alberton
- Albion Heights
- Alcomie
- Allens Rivulet
- Alonnah
- Ambleside
- Andover
- Ansons Bay
- Antill Ponds
- Apollo Bay
- Apslawn
- Apsley
- Arthur River
- Arthurs Lake
- Avoca
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Tasmanian Projects on Geni
Pioneers Settlement and Immigration
This icon is reserved for Bound for Tasmania and voyages listed on that project and Interstate voyages to Tasmania.
- Bound for Tasmania - ships lists
- Stowaway - Tasmania
- https://www.geni.com/projects/Scottish-Settlement-in-Tasmania/31761 Scottish Settlement in Tasmania]
Cemeteries and Graveyards
People
World War 1
Penal Colonies
Individual notable Tasmanians outside of existing projects
General
- George Parker Fitzgerald - Fitzgerald department store
- Henry Jones - IXL Jams
- David Walsh - MONA
- Peter Degraves - Established Cascade Brewery, Theatre Royal
Military
- James Ernest Newland - Victoria Cross recipient
Sports
- Ricky Ponting - cricketer
Tasmanian Research Resources
For Research Links for Australia - see Australian Portal
Colonial Resources
Australian Projects on Geni
Social and Chat
Australian State and Territory Portals
- Australian Portal
- Australian Capital Territory Portal includes Jarvis Bay
- New South Wales Portal includes Norfolk Island
- Northern Territory Portal
- Queensland Portal
- South Australia Portal
- Tasmania Portal ....you are here....
- Victoria Portal
- Western Australia Portal
- Australian Antarctic Territory Portal
- Australian Indian Ocean Territories Portal includes Cocos Islands, Christmas Islands, Ashmore and Carter Islands