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Events in Tasmanian History

Van Diemen's Land

1642-11-24 Dutch explorer Abel Tasman is the first European to discover Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania)

1643-06-15 Able Tasman returns to Batavia after discovering Tasmania and New Zealand and completing (without realising it) a circumnavigation of Australia
1804-10-09 Hobart in Tasmania founded

Darwin Arrives in Tasmania

1836-02-06 HMS Beagle and Charles Darwin arrive in Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania)

1842-08-21 The city of Hobart, Tasmania, is founded.
1851-02-11 Inaugural 1st-class cricket match in Australia; Tasmania v Victoria in Launceston; Tasmania wins by 3 wickets
1856-02-07 Colonial Tasmanian Parliament passes the 1st piece of legislation (the Electoral Act of 1856) anywhere in the world providing for elections by way of a secret ballot
1895-01-30 Tasmania beat Victoria for 1st F-C victory in 41 years
1896-01-27 Tasmania bowl out Victoria for 65 for their 1st ever innings victory
1898-12-12 1st first-class cricket game between Australian states NSW and Tasmania
1902-12-10 Women are given the right to vote in Tasmania
1930-12-25 Tasmania all out 280, WI 2-139 at Hobart Crowd 2,500
1933-12-25 Stan Smith takes 8-33 for Victoria v Tasmania at Hobart
1933-12-30 Jack Badcock scores 274 v Victoria, Tasmania's 1st double-ton

Bradman Scores 369

1936-03-02 Australian cricket's batting maestro Don Bradman scores 369 in 253 minutes (46 fours, 4 sixes) in South Australia's innings and 349 run win over Tasmania

1936-09-07 The last surviving member of the marsupial thylacine species, Benjamin, dies alone in his/her cage at the Hobart Zoo (Hobart, Tasmania, Australia)
1954-06-19 Tasmanian Devil debuts in "Devil May Hare" by Warner Bros
1959-09-23 Australia's first passenger roll on/roll off diesel ferry, the MS Princess of Tasmania makes her maiden voyage across Bass Strait
1967-02-01 Severe bushfires in Tasmania destroy $11 million & take 60 lives
1975-01-05 14 die when British freighter "Lake Illawarra" rams pylon bridge between Derwent & Hobart, Tasmania & ship sinks
1993-03-14 Ricky Ponting hits twin tons for Tasmania aged 18 years 84 days
1994-10-13 Earliest start of Sheffield Shield season (Queensland v Tasmania)
1996-04-28 In Australia's worst massacre in modern history, Martin Bryant shoots and kills 35 in Port Arthur, Tasmania. Leads to a compulsory gun buy back program and major changes to gun control laws.
1996-12-21 Pakistan all out 67 to lose to Tasmania by an inning
1997-05-01 Tasmania becomes the last state in Australia to decriminalize homosexuality

Famous People from Tasmania

1724-05-22 Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne, French explorer (made important discoveries in the south Indian Ocean, in Tasmania and in New Zealand), born in St Malo, France (d. 1772)
1812-02-29 Sir James Wilson, Premier of Tasmania (d. 1880, also on 29 February)
1848-02-24 Andrew Inglis Clark, Tasmanian politician (d. 1907)
1855-06-22 Sam Morris, Australian cricket all-rounder (1 Test; 1st black & of West Indian origin to rep. Australia in a Test), born in Hobart, Australia (d. 1931)
1870-10-10 Louise Mack, Australian poet and novelist, born in Hobart, Tasmania (d. 1935)
1879-09-15 Joseph Lyons, 10th Prime Minister of Australia (1932-39), born in Stanley, Tasmania (d. 1939)
1891-01-04 Edward Brooker, British politician (interim Premier of Tasmania, Dec 1947-Feb 1948), born in London England (d. 1948)

Hudson Fysh (1895-1974)

1895-01-07 Australian aviator, businessman and co-founder of QANTAS, born in Launceston, Tasmania

Errol Flynn (1909-1959)

1909-06-20 Australian actor (Captain Blood, Robin Hood), born in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia

1910-05-02 Laurie Nash, Australian cricket fast-bowler (2 Tests, 10 wickets) and VFL player and coach (South Melbourne), born in Melbourne, Australia (d. 1986)
1914-04-10 Jack Badcock, Australian cricketer (Tasmania Australian batsman of 30's), born in Exton, Tasmania (d. 1982)
1918-10-14 Doug Ring, Australian cricketer (Australian leggie of the late 40's early 50's), born in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia (d. 2003)
1929-04-29 Peter Sculthorpe, Australian composer (Kakadu), born in Launceston, Tasmania (d. 2014)
1942-05-15 Doug Lowe, Australian politician (35th Premier of Tasmania, 1977-81), born in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
1948-09-12 Max Walker, Australian cricket fast bowler (34 Tests, 138 wickets) and broadcaster (Nine Network), born in Hobart, Australia (d. 2016)
1949-08-14 John Tarrant, 1st Australian born Zen teacher, born in Tasmania, Australia
1954-04-16 John Bowe, Australian racing driver, born in Devonport, Tasmania
1956-02-19 Steve Randell, Tasmanian cricket Test umpire (international panel)

David Boon (63 years old)

1960-12-29 Australian cricket batsman (107 Tests, 7,422 runs @ 43.65; 21 x 100s; 181 ODIs), born in Launceston, Tasmania, Australia

1967-09-11 Simon Burgess, Australian rower (World C'ship gold LM4x 1991, 97; Olympic silver 2000, 04), born in Franklin, Australia
1969-02-11 Mark Atkinson, Australian cricket wicket-keeper (Tasmanian batsman), born in Sydney, Australia
1970-08-27 Dene Hills, cricketer (prolific Tasmanian batsman)
1973-05-25 Duncan Free, Australian rower (Olympics gold 2006), born in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
1973-12-12 Michael Di Venuto, Australian cricketer (exciting Tasmanian batsman), born in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
1974-12-19 Ricky Ponting, Australian cricket batsman, captain, coach and broadcaster (168 Tests, 13,378 runs @ 51.85; 41 x 100s), born in Launceston, Tasmania
1975-01-31 Jackie O, Australian radio host, born in Tasmania, Australia
1975-10-31 Carla Boyd, Australian basketball player (Olympic bronze 1996), born in Wynyard, Tasmania
1976-07-27 Scott Mason, Australian cricketer, born in Launceston, Tasmania, Australia (d. 2005)
1979-04-27 Natasha Chokljat, Australian netball player, born in Tasmania, Australia