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* The Isle of the Dead, adjacent to Port Arthur, Tasmania

* 1812 – Sir James Wilson, Premier of Tasmania ( d. 1880 )

* 1880 – Sir James Wilson, Premier of Tasmania ( b. 1812 )

The only notable person known to have both been born and died on February 29 was Sir James Wilson ( 1812 – 1880 ), Premier of Tasmania.

They are legislative and executive powers and functions conferred on the Governor-General, not by Royal authority, but by statutory authority ," a view held also by Andrew Inglis Clark, who assisted Sir Samuel Griffith with drafts of the constitution and later became Senior Judge of the Supreme Court of Tasmania.

* February 29 – Sir James Milne Wilson, Premier of Tasmania ( b. 1812 )

* February 29 – Sir James Milne Wilson, Premier of Tasmania ( d. 1880 )

The current state flag of Tasmania was officially adopted following a proclamation by Tasmanian colonial Governor Sir Frederick Weld on 25 September 1876, and was first published in the Tasmanian Gazette the same day.

The first local flag of Tasmania was adopted by proclamation of Tasmanian colonial Governor Sir Frederick Weld on 9 November 1875.

Sir Guy Stephen Montague Green, AC, KBE, CVO ( born 26 July 1937 ) was the Governor of Tasmania from 1995 to 2003.

On retiring from the governorship, Sir Guy continued to contribute to Tasmania, as Chairman of Trustees of the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, and chairman of the board of the 10 Days on the Island festival.

* His Excellency Sir Guy Green, AC, KBE, 24th Governor of Tasmania ( 1995-2000 )

* His Excellency Sir Guy Green, AC, KBE, CVO, 24th Governor of Tasmania ( 2000-2003 )

They arrived in Tasmania in September, making the acquaintance of the governor Sir John Franklin and his wife.

* Tasmania: Sir Henry Fox Young ( 8 January 1855 )

* Tasmania: Sir Stanley Burbury ( 5 December 1973 )

In 1989 the Governor of Tasmania, Sir Phillip Bennett, refused to grant a fresh dissolution to the Liberal Premier, Robin Gray, who had just lost his majority at a state election.

When Peter Hollingworth resigned in May 2003, Sir Guy Green, Governor of Tasmania, took on that role, serving until Major-General Michael Jeffery took office in August 2003.

Two internationally famous Governors of Tasmania were Captain Sir John Franklin ( the British mariner who would later die trying to find the North West Passage ), and former UNSCOM weapons inspector Richard Butler.

The first Australian-born Governor of Tasmania was Sir Stanley Burbury ( appointed 1973 ).

* Sir James Milne Wilson ( 1812 – 1880 ), Premier of Tasmania, 1869 – 1872

In years gone by the lake was named after Sir John Pedder, the first Chief Justice of Tasmania.

He was the son of Sir Daniel Sandford, politician and Greek scholar, the grandson of the Right Reverend Daniel Sandford, Bishop of Edinburgh, the brother of Daniel Sandford, Bishop of Tasmania, and the first cousin of the Right Reverend Charles Sandford, Bishop of Gibraltar.

* General Sir Charles Henry Gairdner GBE KCMG KCVO CB ( 1898 – 1983 ), Governor of Western Australia and Governor of Tasmania

* 1844: Formation of Royal Society of Tasmania, first branch outside Britain, as development of society founded in 1837 by Sir John Franklin ; society branch takes over botanical gardens

* 1973: Sir Stanley Burbury, formerly chief justice, becomes first Australian-born governor of Tasmania

Hobart is the finish point of the Targa Tasmania rally car event held annually in April since 1991.

The world's first political parties to campaign on a predominantly environmental platform were the United Tasmania Group which contested the April 1972 state election in Tasmania, Australia and the Values Party of New Zealand, which contested the November 1972 New Zealand general election.

The Port Arthur massacre of 28 April 1996 was a killing spree in which 35 people were killed and 23 wounded, mainly at the historic Port Arthur prison colony, a popular tourist site in south-eastern Tasmania, Australia.

On 21 April 2007 Bana crashed his 1974 XB Falcon Coupe in the Targa Tasmania rally.

He was collecting specimens in northern New South Wales towards the end of that year, and on 22 April 1843 he left Sydney after having travelled through New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania, examining the geology along the way.

In April he returned to Tasmania for the birth of his son.

The Convention was opened for signature on 1 August 1980 and entered into force on 7 April 1982 by the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources, headquartered in Tasmania, Australia.

Dick Godfrey Harry Adams ( born 29 April 1951 ), Australian politician, has been an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian House of Representatives since the 1993 federal election, representing the Division of Lyons in central Tasmania.

Peter " Sid " Sidebottom ( born 23 April 1951 ), Australian politician, is an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian House of Representatives between 1998 and 2004 and again since 2007, each time representing the Division of Braddon, Tasmania.

Guy Barnett ( born 4 April 1962 ), has been a Liberal Party member of the Australian Senate since February 2002, representing the state of Tasmania.

Taken by David Morgan-Mar, April 2000, at Port Arthur, Tasmania.

By this stage of his life he had become increasingly reclusive, suffering from diabetes and heart trouble ; a year before his death in Tasmania on 27 April 1995 ( aged 78 ), he was diagnosed as having Alzheimer's disease.

Richard Mansell Colbeck ( born 5 April 1958 ), Australian politician, is a Liberal member of the Australian Senate representing Tasmania.

The Australasian premiere was given on April 17, 2003 at the Mount Nelson Theatre ( Hobart, Tasmania ) by the Tasmanian Conservatorium of Music, conducted by Douglas Knehans and directed by Robert Jarman.

Tasmania was the last state to join the NEM as the sixth region in May 2005 and became fully operational on 29 April 2006 when the Basslink interconnector was fully activated.

Tasmania therefore had only eleven senators between 2 April and the double dissolution election of 11 July 1987.

He died on 24 April 1995 at Hobart, Tasmania.

Robert Leo Fahey ( born 30 April 1968, in Hobart, Tasmania – nickname " Bag ") is an Australian real tennis player.

( See diagrams at Hydro Tasmania press release, 18 June 2004 ) This was completed and the results confirmed in April 2005.

He landed in Hobart, Tasmania but soon moved to Melbourne and on 1 April 1853 he joined the recently established Victoria police force.

He moved on to Tasmania and it was not until the Henty brothers landed in Portland Bay on 19 / 11 / 1834 and John Batman settled on the site of Melbourne that the Port Phillip District was officially sanctioned on 10 April 1837.

As of April 2012, Tasmania United FC has had little impact, and failed to win the support of Football Federation Australia or the Tasmanian Government to enter the A-League.