See also:
Victoria
Queensland
New South Wales
Tasmania
Australian Capital Territory
Northern Territory
South Australia
Western Australia

Tasmania

Apple of Australia Isle

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Capital: Hobart (second-oldest city in Australia)
Floral emblem: Tasmanian Blue Gum, Eucalyptus globulus
Mineral: Crocoite
Animal: There are no official Tasmanian animal emblems, although the Tasmanian Devil is unofficially recognised as a symbol of Tasmanian wildlife and the yellow wattlebird is generally acknowledged to be our most identifiable bird.

(source: www.parliament.tas.gov.au)

Tasmania is the smallest state of the Commonwealth of Australia.

It is an island about 250 kilometres (150 miles) south of the state of Victoria, across Bass Strait. Tasmania lies between latitudes 40 degrees and 44 degrees south, and between longitudes 143 degrees and 149 degrees east.

It has many offshore islands, including Macquarie Island, which lies close to the point 54 degrees south, 159 degrees east. It is estimated that Tasmania includes 334 islands.

Constitution Dock, Hobart, Tasmania; photo Richard Eastwood courtesy Tourism Tasmania

Derwent Valley, Central Tasmania; photo Nick Osborne courtesy Tourism Tasmania

The area of Tasmania is 68,331 square kilometres (26,376 square miles).

Highest mountain -- Mt Ossa 1617 metres

Longest river -- South Esk 201 kilometres

Largest lake -- Lake Gordon 272 square kilometres (artificial)

The island of Tasmania was created approximately 12,000 years ago when the great ice caps melted and the seas rose to separate Tasmania from mainland Australia. Aborigines had been living in the region for over 23,000 years (approximately 35,000 years ago) before their isolation from mainland indigenous communities.

(source: tourismtasmania.com.au)

Overland track, Cradle Mountain, Lake St Clair National Park; photo Don Fuchs courtesy Tourism Tasmania

Florentine Peak - Mt Field National Park, Tasmania; photo Andrew Briggs courtesy Tourism Tasmania

Attractions:

Historical sites such as Port Arthur and Constitution Dock
Franklin River, Gordon River
Royal Tasmanian Botanic Gardens

Cradle Mountain and Lake Dove, Tasmania; photo Paul Sinclair courtesy Tourism Tasmania

Jacob's Ladder, Ben Lomond National Park; photo Glen Gibson courtesy Tourism Tasmania

Horseshoe Falls, Central Tasmania; photo Michael Walters Photography courtesy Tourism Tasmania