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Flinders Island, the largest island in the Furneaux Group, is a 1,367-square-kilometre (528 sq mi) island in the Bass Strait, northeast of the island of Tasmania. [2] Today Flinders Island is part of the state of Tasmania, Australia. It is 54 kilometres (34 mi) from Cape Portland and is located on 40° south, a zone known as the Roaring Forties.
Map of Tasmania within Australia Hobart, the capital and largest urban area in Tasmania Launceston Devonport Burnie. Tasmania is the smallest Australian state, with a population of 557,571 as of the 2021 Australian census [1] and an area of 68,401 square kilometres (26,410 sq mi). [2]
Flinders Council is a local government body in Tasmania, encompassing the Furneaux Group and nearby islands of Bass Strait, in the north-east of the state.Flinders is classified as a rural local government area and has a population of 987, [1] with Whitemark the main town located on Flinders Island.
The Furneaux Group is a group of approximately 100 islands located at the eastern end of Bass Strait, between Victoria and Tasmania, Australia.The islands were named after British navigator Tobias Furneaux, who sighted the eastern side of these islands after leaving Adventure Bay in 1773 on his way to New Zealand to rejoin Captain James Cook. [1]
Whitemark is a rural residential locality on Flinders Island in the local government area (LGA) of Flinders in the North-east LGA region of Tasmania. The 2021 census recorded a population of 308 for the state suburb of Whitemark. [1] It is the main settlement of Flinders Island.
Tasmania has had a number of former local government areas. In 1907, the 149 road trusts or town boards (LGAs) of Tasmania were reduced by mergers and amalgamations to 53 LGAs. By the time of a large scale overhaul in 1993, 46 LGAs were reduced to the present-day 29. [2]
A satellite image of Tasmania while a phytoplankton bloom is of the west coast of Tasmania.. Tasmania is the smallest and southernmost state of Australia.The Tasmanian mainland itself is an island, with an area of 64,519 km 2 (24,911 sq mi) [1] - 94.1% of the total land area of the state.
The state encompasses the main island of Tasmania, the 26th-largest island in the world, and the surrounding 1000 islands. [16] It is Australia's smallest and least populous state, with 573,479 residents as of June 2023. The state capital and largest city is Hobart, with around 40% of the population living in the Greater Hobart area. [17]