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	Tasmania - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Tasmania was once inhabited only by an indigenous population, the Tasmanian Aborigines, and evidence indicates their presence in the territory, later to become an island, at least 35,000 years ago (rising sea levels cut Tasmania off from mainland Australia about 10,000 years ago).
		Tasmania is a rugged island of temperate climate, and was considered so similar in some ways to pre-industrial England that it was referred to by some English colonists as 'a Southern England'.
		Tasmania's rail network consists of narrow gauge lines to all four major population centers and to mining or forestry operations on the west coast and north-west.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tasmania (3185 words)

	Australia - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-07)
		Although Australia had become independent in many respects, the British government retained some powers until the Statute of Westminster of 1931 was ratified by Australia in 1942, and the theoretical authority of the British Parliament over individual states was not completely severed until the passing of the Australia Act in 1986.
		Australia is a constitutional monarchy, with Elizabeth II reigning as 'Queen of Australia'.
		Australia is often referred to by economists as the "world's farm", but despite this emphasis on the agriculture sector, in recent years the Australian government has been focusing on the tourism, education and technology markets.
	encyclopedia.worldsearch.com /australia.htm (3605 words)

	Australia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-07)
		Australia is thought to have been inhabited for at least 50,000 years, since the remote ancestors of the current Australian Aborigines arrived from present-day Southeast Asia.
		On 1 January 1901, federation of the Colonies occurred and the Commonwealth of Australia was born, as a dominion of the British Empire.
		The Commonwealth of Australia is a constitutional monarchy: the Queen of Australia is considered to be the head of state, although that term is found nowhere in the Constitution or the law.
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/a/au/australia.html (2069 words)

	Learn more about Australia in the online encyclopedia. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-07)
		Australia is both the name of the world's smallest continent, and the short form of the Commonwealth of Australia.
		The Commonwealth of Australia is a constitutional monarchy: the Queen of Australia is the official head of state and is represented by the Governor General.
		English is the spoken language in Australia, although some of the surviving Aboriginal communities maintain their native languages, and a considerable number of first and sometimes second-generation migrants are bi-lingual.
	www.onlineencyclopedia.org /a/au/australia.html (967 words)

	Tasmania Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-07)
		Tasmania was once inhabited by an indigenous peopleindigenous population, the Tasmanian Aborigines, and evidence indicates their presence in the territory, later to become an island, at least 35 000 years ago.
		Tasmania is a rugged island of temperate climate, so similar in some ways to pre-industrial England that it was referred to by some English colonists as 'a Southern England'.
		Tasmania's rail_transportrail network consists of narrow gauge lines to all four major population centers and to mining or forestry operations on the west coast and north-west.
	www.echostatic.com /Tasmania.html (2542 words)

	Interim Marine Bioregionalistion for Australia - Towards a National System of Marine Protected Areas
		Area: 70,630 km2 comprising the core of Bass Strait flanked by King Island in the west and the Furneaux and Kent Group of islands in the east.
		Area: 40,250 km2 from approximately Geraldton in the south to Carnarvon at the head of Shark Bay in the north.
		Area: 482,000 km2 extending from near Albany in the west to Lakes Entrance in the east and enclosing Bass Strait and the Tasmanian waters.
	www.marine.csiro.au /datacentre/ext_marlin_docs/bioregion/chap14.html (3458 words)

	Book Encyclopedia - Web Library (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-07)
		Protected areas of Australia are maintained by the Department of the Environment and Heritage, with the exception of the Great Barrier Reef, which is managed by the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority, a body within the department.
		Each state is responsible for the maintenance and upkeep of the areas within its boundaries.
		Environment Australia is responsible only for the Commonwealth and off-shore parks in the Australian Capital Territory, the Northern Territory, the Christmas Island Territory, the Cocos (Keeling) Islands Territory, the Norfolk Island Territory and the Australian Antarctic Territory.
	www.bookencyclopedia.com /index.php?title=Protected_areas_of_Australia (124 words)

	Tasmania. Sites to see in Tasmania, Australia
		Tasmania is the island state off the south east coast of the Australian mainland and is one of Australia's best kept secrets.
		The Richmond Bridge is the oldest in Australia and the Church is the oldest Roman Catholic Church in Australia.
		This area was once one of the major apple producers in the world but the apple industry gradually died, unable to compete with some of the apple producers in the Northern Hemisphere.
	www.clickforaustralia.com /Tasmania.htm (2458 words)

	Protected Areas Programme - (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-07)
		An attempt to enhance the limited range of protected area designations was made at the XIV and XV ATCMs, in which two new protected area categories were established.
		Specially reserved areas are intended for the protection of representative examples of major geological, glaciological and geomorphological features and representative examples of outstanding aesthetic, scenic and wilderness values.
		The governments of Australia and France, in refusing to sign the Minerals Convention, advanced in 1989 a proposal for negotiation of a new convention on environmental protection, which would establish Antarctica as a "nature reserve - land of science".
	www.unep-wcmc.org /protected_areas/data/countrysheets/ata.html (2412 words)

	Australia Now - Australia's protected areas
		Australia is the driest continent in the world and is part of a former giant land mass, Gondwana, which connected the southern continents of Africa, Antarctica, Australia, India and South America, and broke up more than 100 million years ago.
		Australia is considered to be a world leader in joint management of protected areas with the land's indigenous traditional owners.
		Australia's protected areas are not only concentrated on dry land - with such significant natural treasures as the Great Barrier Reef, there is a need to extend protection into the sea as well.
	www.dfat.gov.au /facts/protected_area.html (2427 words)

	Protected Areas Of Tasmania Australia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-07)
		For example, hospitals would be protected from contamination and patients...
		Tasmania may be the smallest state in Australia, but it contains no fewer than 495 separate Protected Areas with a total area of 22,034 km² (land area: 22,020 km² — 32.23% of the states area).
		19 of these are National parks, totalling 14,308 km² (20.94% of the states area).
	www.wikiverse.org /protected-areas-of-tasmania-australia (142 words)

	DISCOVER TASMANIA AUSTRALIA - TASMANIAN TOURISM DIRECTORY Home Page
		Tasmania is a land of dramatic coastlines, rugged mountains, spectacular wilderness and sparkling highland lakes.
		Tasmania claims to have the world's cleanest air, the purest water and along with its rich red fertile soils, a competitive edge is gained in its ability to produce some of the world's most superb wines, finest foods and exotic fare from this clean and natural environment.
		Tasmania possesses an abundance of resourcefulness within its people which is encapsulated by their creativity, design, artistic endeavors, culture and ingenuity thus together with the clean and green image establishes the Tasmania Brand.
	www.discover-tasmania.com.au (1752 words)

	DPIWE - Natural Environment
		Tasmania is implementing a range of initiatives to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and also to deal with the implications of climate change.
		Tasmania's Nature Conservation Strategy 2002-06 and the Government's Response to the Strategy.
		Program is a voluntary scheme to help protect Tasmania's native forests on private land.
	www.dpiwe.tas.gov.au /inter.nsf/ThemeNodes/SSKA-4X33SG (361 words)

	Protected areas of Tasmania (Australia) : National Parks (Tasmania, Australia) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-07)
		Protected areas of Tasmania (Australia) : National Parks (Tasmania, Australia)
		Tasmania may be the smallest state in Australia, but it contains no fewer than 495 separate Protected Areas with a total area of 2,203,383 hectares (land area: 2,201,962 hectares — 32.23% of the state’s area).
		19 of these are National parks, totalling 1,430,762 hectares (20.94% of the state’s area).
	www.factbase.info /na/national-parks-(tasmania,-australia).html (59 words)

	The Ultimate Huon Valley - American History Information Guide and Reference
		The Huon Valley is a local government area of Tasmania.
		It encompasses the town of Huonville, on the Huon River, some surrounding towns, and many protected areas and forestry plantations.
		The municipal area has a population of 13 675 (2001 census).
	www.historymania.com /american_history/Huon_Valley (80 words)

	Protected areas of Tasmania (Australia) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-07)
		Tasmania may be the smallest state in Australia but it contains no fewer than separate Protected Areas with a total area 22 034 km² (land area: 22 020 — 32.23% of the state’s area).
		Though 'Vogue' has been around in Australia for quite a while, this magazine always falls slightly short in its aim.
		While maintain the usually commercial-heavy style, Vogue Australia manages to tone down the pretentious air (found in most other Vogue pub...
	www.freeglossary.com /Protected_areas_of_Tasmania_(Australia) (131 words)

	Freycinet National Park - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Freycinet is a national park in Tasmania (Australia), 125 km northeast of Hobart.
		Freycinet hugs the rugged Tasmanian coastline and includes the secluded Wineglass Bay, voted by several travel authorities as one of the world's ten best beaches.
		Famous features of the park include its red and pink granite formations and a series of jagged granite peaks in a line, called "The Hazards." Founded in 1916, Freycinet is Tasmania's oldest park, along with Mt Field National Park.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Freycinet_National_Park (148 words)

	DPIWE - Marine Protected Areas Strategy
		The State Government is committed to ensuring the long-term ecological viability of Tasmania's marine environment, and the protection of its biodiversity.
		The Marine Protected Areas Strategy was developed through an extensive period of consultation.
		Questions concerning its content can be sent to NatureConservation Enquiries by using the feedback form, by mail to GPO Box 44, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia 7001, or by telephone to 03 6233 6556.
	www.dpiwe.tas.gov.au /inter.nsf/WebPages/BHAN-54983Z?open (249 words)

	White Shark to be Protected in Western Australia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-07)
		House said the white shark was commercially protected from the beginning of this month and was expected to be enforced recreationally by the end of November.
		Note: With this action, Western Australia joins New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, and Tasmania in protecting the white shark in Australian waters.
		Other areas in which the white shark is protected include California, South Africa, and the Atlantic coast of the United States.
	www.flmnh.ufl.edu /fish/sharks/innews/whitesharkaust.htm (281 words)

	Australia Now - Indigenous Australians: Management of National Parks and Protected Areas
		Kakadu, Australia's largest national park at nearly 2 million hectares, is located in the wet-dry tropics of northern Australia.
		Booderee occupies 6 400 hectares of coastal landscape in south-eastern Australia.
		Indigenous Protected Areas consist of Indigenous-owned land that is managed to protect its natural and associated cultural values.
	www.dfat.gov.au /facts/indg_parksmgmt.html (839 words)

	Protected areas of Australia : National parks (Australia)
		Protected areas of Australia : National parks (Australia)
		The Protected areas of Australia are maintained by Parks Australia within Environment Australia, with the execption of the Great Barrier Reef, which is managed by the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority.
		NOTE - this is only a small portion of the quote of protected areas in Australia.
	www.fastload.org /na/National_parks_(Australia).html (177 words)

	OCEANS ENTERPRISES - CAVE DIVING BOOKS - UNDERWATER BOOKS, DIVING BOOKS.
		It covers Australia of course - the Western Australian coastline (written by Ann Storrie) and the Neptune Islands (the last time I saw them they were off South Australia in the Southern Ocean).
		It is a horrifying story, perhaps one of the worst (and certainly the earliest) of Australia's mass murders.
		By the author of the widely acclaimed Corals of Australia and the Indo-Pacific, this book is not one for every tropical reef diver as it is more scientific in nature amd concerns the taxonomic and biogeographic data of corals.
	www.oceans.com.au /oeoutp.html (12594 words)

	Interim Marine Bioregionalistion for Australia - Towards a National System of Marine Protected Areas
		Bennett I and Pope EC (1960) Intertidal zonation of the exposed rocky shores of Tasmania and its relationship with the rest of Australia.
		Kenchington R and Bleakley C (1994) Identifying priorities for marine protected areas in the insular Pacific.
		McKay RJ (1984) Classification of the grunters and javelin-fishes of Australia.
	www.marine.csiro.au /datacentre/ext_marlin_docs/bioregion/chap19.html (7618 words)

	Victorian Education Channel: Schools: Teacher:- Themes index
		From Tasmania, a collection of computer based activities including crafts, recipes, cards and a look at Christmas around the world.
		Their program enables students to advance their education by studying for 3 months in an environment entirely different from their own, and undertaking study of courses and subjects not normally available to them in secondary schools of their own country.
		Australia Post has developed an entertaining interactive to help educate children about letter writing.
	www.education.vic.gov.au /ch/themes/default.asp (6145 words)

	Food and Wine & Hiking/Trekking in Tasmania & Australia - Devilish Appetites: A Taste of Tasmania
		Only 3 percent of mainland travelers in Australia make it to Tasmania—all the more reason you should cross the 149-mile-wide Bass Strait and head to the island down under the Land Down Under.
		But Tasmania's unique history and vast tracts of unclaimed wilderness offer a sumptuous feast for all your senses.
		The northern city of Launceston, Australia's third oldest, serves as a gateway to many of Tasmania's wildlife-and-winery tours.
	away.com /ideas/south_pacific/australia_tasmania_cuisine.html (449 words)

	" MOUNTAIN PROTECTED AREAS UPDATE" -Mtn-Forum On-Line Library Document
		A number of North American mountain protected areas are well-known for having concentrations of tropospheric ozone high enough to cause visible injury and in some cases mortality to plants: El Desierto de Los Leones (near Mexico City), San Bernardino National Forest, Sequoia National Park and Sequoia National Forest, and Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
		While there are several protected areas in the Albertine Rift, such as those transborder parks for the mountain gorilla, many critical areas have no protection and their amazing biodiversity is being lost through forest conversion.
		While geoheritage values are sometimes cited in descriptions of Protected Areas, including nominations for World Heritage, seldom are the management agencies blessed with the geoscientific expertise necessary to respond effectively to geoheritage values.
	www.mtnforum.org /resources/library/hamil98c.htm (3953 words)

	Tasmania Australia travel guide - Australian Tourism Net
		Preservation of its natural assets is paramount to Tasstralians as you will notice from the moment you set foot onto this colonial rich soil.
		From relaxing in the comforting ambience of the many village inns on the East Coast to hiking through the National Parks of the West, one of the last great wilderness areas in the world, Tasmania will revitalise your senses.
		Tasmania is easily accessible from mainland Australia by ferry to the North Coast or by air to Hobart, so come enjoy this protected harmony and take a trip into our past and future, all in the one day.
	www.atn.com.au /tassi.htm (160 words)

	Tasmanian Wilderness - Art History Online Reference and Guide
		It is one of the largest conservation areas in Australia, covering 13,800 km², or almost 20% of Tasmania.
		The area constitutes one of the last expanses of temperate wilderness in the world.
		Remains found in limestone caves attest to the human occupation of the area for more than 20,000 years.
	www.arthistoryclub.com /art_history/Tasmanian_Wilderness (114 words)

	Internet Marketing Techniques Membership Site (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-07)
		Now, of course, there were roadblocks and obstacles to overcome to reach that goal…For one thing, I became blind at age seventeen.
		Marketers are scrambling to find old out-of print books that are not copyright protected and publishing them as their own, with full blessings from the Library of Congress and other authorities.
		As with any business endeavor, there is an inherent risk of loss of capital and there is no guarantee that you will earn any money.
	www.internet-marketing-techniques.com (4749 words)

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