Tasmania

Tasmania is on the 40 degrees South latitude.

Tasmania belongs to Australia.

In 1642, Abel Tasman became the first European to see Tasmania.

Tasmania is an island.

Rescuers are trying to save scores of whales beached in the Australian state of Tasmania.

In Tasmania, thylacines were the only marsupial apex predators.

Tasmania was once home to the iconic thylacine.

In Tasmania, memories of the thylacine haven't faded.

Scientists have discovered more than 100 unnamed species of coral and other marine life during a research voyage south of Tasmania in Australia.

Wombat droppings are helping an industrial town in the Australian state of Tasmania to fight the effects of the global financial crisis. Burnie has been hit by repeated rounds of job cuts but despite the gloom, one local industry is growing rapidly — producing handmade paper out of a material no one else wants — wombat dung.