Tasmania
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Tasmania is an island state of Australia. It is located 240 kilometres to the south of the Australian mainland, and is separated from it by the Bass Strait. The state encompasses the main island of Ta
Tasmania from space
Tessellated pavement, a rare rock formation on the Tasman Peninsula
1807 engraving by French explorer Charles Alexandre Lesueur shows seafaring Aboriginal people and a large canoe on the eastern shore of Schouten Island.
Tasmania is named after Dutch explorer Abel Tasman, the first European to sight the island, in 1642.
Zeehan
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Zeehan is a town on the west coast of Tasmania, Australia 139 kilometres south-west of Burnie. It is part of the West Coast Council, along with the seaport Strahan and neighbouring mining towns of Ros
Zeehan Post Office, opened 1 August 1888
The Gaiety Theatre, Zeehan, constructed in 1898. Screened The Story of the Kelly Gang, considered the world's first feature length film, on its original run in 1907.
Zeehan School of Mines and Metallurgy, constructed in 1903
Former bank at 112 Main Street Zeehan. It was constructed by the Commercial Bank of Tasmania and opened in 1899. It was merged into the English, Scottish and Australian Bank in 1921 and the ANZ Bank in 1970, but the branch was closed by ANZ in late 2016.