Tasmania: Timeline

1642   Abel Tasman Abel Tasman

Abel Janszoon Tasman , was a Dutch [i] seafarer [i], explorer [i] a ... 

 becomes the first European to discover the island Van Diemen's Land (later renamed Tasmania).

1846   Christ College opens with the hope that it would develop along the lines of an Oxbridge college and provide the basis for university education in Tasmania. Today, its the oldest tertiary instituition in Australia Australia

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1901   The British colonies of New South Wales New South Wales

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, Queensland Queensland

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, South Australia South Australia

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, Tasmania, Victoria Victoria (Australia)

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 and Western Australia Western Australia

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 federate as the Commonwealth of Australia. Edmund Barton Edmund Barton

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 becomes first Prime Minister Prime minister

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1936   The last surviving thylacine, Benjamin, dies alone in her (despite being named Benjamin, it was female) cage in the Hobart Zoo in Tasmania.

1967   Serious brush fires in southern Tasmania claim 62 lives.

1975   The Tasman Bridge in Tasmania, Australia Australia

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, is struck by the bulk ore carrier ''Lake Illawarra'', killing 12.

1983   The High Court of Australia High Court of Australia

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 blocks construction of the Franklin Dam in Tasmania.

1996   Martin Bryant kills 35 people as part of the Port Arthur Massacre, at the Port Arthur tourist site, Tasmania, Australia Australia

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1997   Tasmania becomes the last state in Australia Australia

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 to decriminalize homosexuality Homosexuality

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