Tasmania

Reintroducing thylacines to Tasmania, New Guinea or Australia could result in the extinction of other animals. Tasmanian tigers hunt wallabies, wombats, possums, potoroos, and birds (Tasmanian Tiger Facts). Fourteen types of wallabies are endangered, along with five types of possums

The port Arthur massacre happened in Tasmania in the year 1996. Martin Bryant was a 28 year old man who was responsible, killing a total of 35 people and injuring 23 others. Martin Bryant pleaded guilty to several counts of murder and received 35 life sentences without any possibility of parole. In result of this event many legal and none legal responses arose surrounding the issue of gun laws and safety. The newly elected Howard government introduced new gun laws in result of the port Arthur massacre

Tasmanian Devil facial cancer disease (DFCD) is a unique contagious cancer, which is transmitted among Devil populations by biting, causing the cancer to present itself in tumours around the oral cavity. The cancer cells have previously been found to be a rogue clonal cell line from a single Devil. Aims The aim of the two research papers was to investigate telomere length in Tasmanian Devils, the Devil Facial Tumour Disease (DFTD), and in closely related marsupials. One of the articles focused

The purpose of this essay will be to determine whether New social movements or New politics parties are more effective with bringing about change with a focus on green politics. I will look at the structures of a political system that enables Green political parties to gain representation. Often Green political parties start from grassroots social movements, which can make it difficult to separate the influence that they have on policy change from the movement. Traditionally New political parties

Final Assignment Part 2 by Brandy Mearnic Vampire Bat The vampire bat also comes from a Subfamily called desmodontinae. There are three different types of bat species: The common vampire bat, hairy legged vampire bat and white winged vampire bat. These three different species are mostly native to the New World, but can be found in parts of Mexico and Brazil, Chile and Argentina. Their main source of food is blood. Instead of sucking the blood to feed on they make a small cut with their teeth

ISSUE DATE: 8 OCTOBER 2015 (B, C, D, E, F) 9 OCTOBER 2015 (A) DUE DATE: 30 OCTOBER, 2015 DRAFT DATE: ________________________ CONDITIONS: • All conditions in the College Assessment Policy apply. • Access to the Internet is allowed. • Students will visit Lone Pine Sanctuary to learn about the ecology of Australian animals. • During the excursion, students will collect and organise information

Tasmania has recently emerged as the hidden gem in the Australian tourist industry. The only non-mainland state in Australia, Tasmania enjoy his natural unspoiled beauty as well is being home to some of the richest farmland in Australia. Hobart hotels offer premier accommodation options and are a great starting point for any Tasmanian holiday. Naturally there is a great range of other accommodation options to cater for backpackers as well as the well-heeled tourist. Tasmania is rich in convict history

In chapter five of 'Genocide in Tasmania', historian Henry Reynolds briefly outlines how Tasmania, formerly Van Diemen's land, is recognised for its isolation, scenery and inhabitants. Drawing largely upon the main complications occurring later within the years of British colonisation. Reynold records the moderate change of the British settlement being assigned and acknowledged as a prison society for convicts.  He believes that it was through the actions of Governor George Arthur, that the colony

Although often dubbed the ‘Marsupial lion’, Thylacoleo was not related to existing lions today which are members of the Pantherinae. On top of this, todays big cats like lions are what are known as placental mammals, which means that young develop while attached to a placenta inside of the mother’s body. Thylacoleo however was a marsupial which means that young were passed into an external pouch at a very early stage of their development. Development would continue inside the much until the young

Why a site listing world immigrants to VDL/Tasmania to 1900? Tasmania has been populated by Aboriginal people since time immemorial. It was known internationally from the 1642 until 1853 as Van Diemen’s Land (VDL). From 1853, with the cessation of convict transportation from the British Empire, it became known as Tasmania. At the 1996 Census, 13,873 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people registered as living in Tasmania (ABS 1301.6 – Tasmanian Year Book, 2000), and in 2010 just over