TASMANIA
Tasmania live in Australia
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Tasmania
HOBART
The capital and largest city of the island
of Tasmania is Hobart Houma Nation.
Community, including Hobart and Claire
Lawrence city with a large population,
including the city of Launceston in the
north and Devonport. Bernie the north
west of the island.
Physical history
The central plateau and the southeast portions of the island are
mostly dolerite. Mount Wellington above Hobart is a good
example, showing distinct columns known as the Organ Pipes.
In the southern midlands as far south as Hobart, the dolerite is
underlaid by sandstone and similar sedimentary stones. In the
southwest, Precambrian quartzites was formed from very
ancient sea sediments and form strikingly sharp ridges and
ranges, such as Federation Peak or Frenchmans Cap.
The island is believed to have
been joined to the mainland of
Australia until the end of the
last glacial period
approximately 10,000 years
ago. Much of the island is
composed of Jurassic dolerite
intrusions (upwellings of
magma)through other rock
types, sometimes forming large
columnar joints. Tasmania has
the world's largest areas of
dolerite, with many distinctive
mountains and cliffs formed
from this rock type.
In the northeast and east, continental granites can be seen, such as
at Freycinet, similar to coastal granites on mainland Australia. In
the northwest and west, mineral-rich volcanic rock can be seen at
Mount Read near Rosebery, or at Mount Lyell near Queenstown.
Also present in the south and northwest is limestone with
magnificent caves.
The quartzite and dolerite areas in the higher
mountains show evidence of glaciation, and much of Australia's
glaciated landscape is found on the Central Plateau and the
Southwest. Cradle Mountain, another dolerite peak, for example,
was a nunatak. The combination of these different rock types offers
incredible scenery, much of it distinct from any other region of the
world. In the far southwest corner of the state, the geology is almost
completely quartzite, which gives the mountains the false
impression of having snow-capped peaks year round.
Tasmanian devil
A rare animal found only on this
Tasmania is land. Including
Tasmanian devil.
The flag consists of a defaced British Blue Ensign with the state badge located in
the fly. The badge is a white disk with a red lion passant in the centre of the disk.
There is no official record of how the lion came to be included on the flag. Where
this design originated from is unknown, but it is assumed that the red lion is a
link with England. This flag has remained almost unchanged since 1875, with
only a slight change of the style of the lion when the flag was officially adopted
by the government in 1975, although this was a mistake, as it had already been
officially gazetted by the colonial government in 1876.
Armorial Ensigns for the said State of Tasmania that is to say - Quarterly Gules and
barry wavy Argent and Azure a Fesse of the second charged with a Ram statant proper
between in chief a Garb and a Thunderbolt and in base four Apples and a Branch of
Hops all Or, For the Crest On a Wreath Argent and Gules: A Lion statant Gules resting
the dexter fore paw on a Spade and a Pick - axe in saltire proper And for Supporters, on
either side A Tasmanian Tiger proper, with the motto “Ubertas et Fidelitas” as the same
are in the painting hereunto annexed more plainly – depicted to be borne for the said
State of Tasmania upon Seals Shields, Banners or otherwise according to the Laws of
Arms
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