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Tasmanien (englisch Tasmania, in der rekonstruierten Aborigines-Sprache palawa kani lutruwita und im australischen Englisch häufig Tassie; bis Ende 1855 Van-Diemens-Land) ist eine zum Staat Australien gehörende Insel am östlichen Rand des Indischen Ozeans.
- 571.165 (2022) [1]
- AustralienAustralien
- 68.400 km²
- Hobart
Van Diemen's Land was the colonial name of the island of Tasmania used by the British during the European exploration and colonisation of Australia in the 19th century. The island was previously discovered and named by the Dutch in 1642.
Van Diemen’s Land, (1642–1855), the southeastern Australian island colony that became the commonwealth state of Tasmania. Named for Anthony van Diemen, governor general of the Dutch East Indies, the island was first encountered by Europeans in 1642 and named by Abel J. Tasman, a celebrated navigator under van Diemen’s command.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
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.
Vor einem Tag · Until 1856, however, the island was known as Van Diemen’s Land, named for Anthony van Diemen, the governor of the Dutch East Indies who had sent Tasman on his voyage of exploration. The island of Tasmania contains some of the most spectacular mountain, lake, and coastal scenery in the country, and much of its land is protected in ...
In the 1800s Van Diemen’s Land was colonized by the British and became the site of infamous convict settlements. The first people of the island were a group of Aboriginal people, known later as Tasmanians, who had lived there for tens of thousands of years before Europeans arrived.
Learn how Tasmania became an island separated from the mainland by Bass Strait, and how it was named Van Diemen's Land by the Dutch and later changed to Tasmania. Explore the history of Aboriginal and settler Tasmanians, and their culture and identity.
