It was a financial relief of some magnitude when, in 1889, Henry was made Bishop of Tasmania, then still a British colony.

He considered it his duty to spend as much time as possible in the outlying country of Tasmania and was away six months at a time.

States often said to exhibit crony capitalism include the People's Republic of China ; India, especially up to the early 1990s when manufacturing was strictly controlled by the government ( the " Licence Raj "); Indonesia ; Argentina ; Brazil ; United Kingdom ; Malaysia ; Israel ; Russia ; the United States ; Tasmania ; and most other ex-Eastern Bloc states.

It was announced on 31 December 2007 as a policy to be implemented by the Rudd ALP government, and initial tests in Tasmania have produced a 2008 report.

Services to Tasmania and the Northern Territory took longer to start, not until the mid 2000s when the digital satellite pay television service had picked up momentum and was beginning to be used for metropolitan installs and not just rural installs.

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

In 1920 the Country Party was established as a national party led by William McWilliams from Tasmania.

STV was used in Tasmania in 1907.

Before the 1890s, there was no formal party system in Tasmania.

His responsibility for the revival and growth of university life in Australia was widely acknowledged by the award of honorary degrees in the Universities of Queensland, Adelaide, Tasmania, New South Wales, and the Australian National University and by thirteen universities in Canada, the United States and Britain, including Oxford and Cambridge.

He was likewise awarded an Honorary Doctor of Laws by the Universities of Bristol, Belfast, Melbourne, British Columbia, McGill, Montreal, Royal University of Malta, Laval, Quebec, Tasmania, Cambridge, Harvard, Leeds, Adelaide, Queensland, Edinburgh, Birmingham, Drury and California.

" Beelzebub's pup " was an early vernacular name given to it by the explorers of Tasmania, in reference to a religious deity who is a prince of hell and an assistant of Satan ; the explorers first encountered the animal by hearing its far-reaching vocalisations at night.

Van Diemen's Land was the original name used by most Europeans for the island of Tasmania, now part of Australia.

The Dutch explorer Abel Tasman was the first European to land on the shores of Tasmania.

Tasmania was not known to be an island until Matthew Flinders and George Bass circumnavigated it in the Norfolk in 1798-99.

In 1856 the colony was granted responsible self-government with its own representative parliament, and the name of the island and colony was changed to Tasmania.

Eventually, in order to remove the unsavoury connotations with crime associated with its name ( and its homophonic connection to " demon "), in 1856 Van Diemen's Land was renamed Tasmania in honour of Abel Tasman.

When Mary was ten years old, her brother Edward Braddon left for India and later Australia, where he became Premier of Tasmania.

It is likely that the sugar glider ( Petaurus breviceps ) was introduced to Tasmania, possibly in the early decades of the nineteenth century.

The Superb Lyrebird is found in areas of rainforest in Victoria, New South Wales and south-east Queensland, as well as in Tasmania where it was introduced in the 19th century.

The 85km Savage River Slurry pipeline in Tasmania, Australia, was possibly the world's first slurry pipeline when it was built in 1967.

He was Labor Premier of Tasmania from 1923 to 1928 and a Minister in the James Scullin government from 1929 until his resignation from the Labor Party in March 1931.

When Tasmania granted Betfair a license despite these efforts the Western Australian state legislature passed a law that specifically criminalised using betting exchanges from within the state ; however, that law was later ruled to be unconstitutional.

Up until 1856 when Tasmania was granted responsible self-government, the Union flag and the British ensign were primarily used on state occasions.

As a result, Victoria was granted full responsible parliamentary government in 1855, New South Wales, South Australia and Tasmania in 1856 and Queensland in 1859.

In order to still have a representative from West Berlin in the league, Tasmania Berlin were also granted promotion.

On 18 September 1900, the London Gazette carried an announcement that Wylly had been granted a commission as a second lieutenant in the Royal Berkshire Regiment, on the nomination of the Governor of Tasmania, backdated to 19 May 1900.

* Australia: Tasmania granted women the right to vote.

The Australian Colonies Government Act was a landmark development which granted representative constitutions to New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania and the colonies enthusiastically set about writing constitutions which produced democratically progressive parliaments-though the constitutions generally maintained the role of the colonial upper houses as representative of social and economic " interests " and all established Constitutional Monarchies with the British monarch as the symbolic head of state.

In 1855, limited self government was granted by London to New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania.

When the state constitutions of New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania were framed in 1850s, voting rights were granted to all male British subjects over the age of 21, which included Aboriginal men, though participation was not encouraged as it was for others living in the colony.

The government of the Colony of Tasmania recognised this claim in 1889 and granted her of land and increased her annuity to £ 50.

The Australian Colonies Government Act was a landmark development which granted representative constitutions to New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania and the colonies enthusiastically set about writing constitutions which produced democratically progressive parliaments-though the constitutions generally maintained the role of the colonial upper houses as representative of social and economic " interests " and all established Constitutional Monarchies with the British monarch as the symbolic head of state.

As South Australia ( 1836 ), Tasmania ( January 1855 ) and Victoria ( May 1855 ) obtained responsible government, their Lieutenant-Governors were replaced by Governors.

Victoria gained full responsible parliamentary government in 1855, New South Wales, South Australia and Tasmania in 1856, Queensland in 1859 and Western Australia ( owing to its much smaller population ) in 1890.

* 1856: Name of Van Diemen's Land officially changed to Tasmania after grant of responsible self-government

As part of the joint venture, Southern Cross Broadcasting is responsible for handling playout ( from their Canberra facility ), and transmits this signal via satellite to WIN Television transmission facilities in Tasmania.

The leader of that party subsequently becomes the Premier of Tasmania, and his / her senior colleagues become ministers responsible for various portfolios.

The Department is responsible for all aspects of education in Tasmania including schooling, Adult Education, the State Library and TAFE Tasmania, a vocational tertiary institution with many campuses around the state.

He was a member of several bodies dedicated to agriculture in Tasmania, including the responsible authority for the Royal Hobart Show.

They were responsible for sorting the stores to be shipped to Van Diemen's Land ( called Tasmania since the granting of responsible government in 1856 ), and those to be left behind for the new arrivals.

The BoM oversees the basic operations of the TUU, controls its operating activities, is responsible for employing relevant staff, controls the budgets of the Union, and acts as the highest point of review for the entire Union, including the SRC < ref > Tasmania University Union 2012, Tasmania University Union Incorporated Constitution, accessed < http :// tuu. com. au / uploaded / 286 / 15120609_15tuuconstitution-14june2. pdf >.</ ref >.

The Department of Education, Tasmania, is responsible for primary and secondary education, library and information services, vocational education and training services, children's services, assessment and certification services and youth affairs.

The Department is responsible for all aspects of education in Tasmania including schooling, Adult Education, the State Library and TAFE Tasmania, a vocational tertiary institution with many campuses around the state.

In his early days in Tasmania he spoke too frankly about the colonists in communications which he regarded as confidential, and this accentuated the feeling against him as a representative of the colonial office during the anti-transportation and responsible government movements.