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| | Hobart, Tasmania, Australia - Travel information - Regions - Tasmania Visitors Bureau (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13) |
 | | Tasmania's capital sits below Mt Wellington on the shores of the Derwent River. |
 | | The Derwent has shaped the city, which becomes evident when you hop on a river cruise or drive to the summit of Mount Wellington or Mt Nelson for spectacular views. |
 | | Later, the assigning of convicts as servants was reintroduced, which pleased farmers looking for cheap labour and, in 1858, transportation to Eastern Australia ceased, primarily because people were queuing up to get on a boat, especially as gold had just been discovered in Victoria. |
| www.tasmania.visitorsbureau.com.au /region1.html (1095 words) |
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