Why is tasmania called the apple isle

We acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the First Australians and Traditional Custodians of the lands where we live, learn, and work. The municipality of Clarence was named after the ship. Posted 24 Mar 24 Mar Sat 24 Mar at pm. Claims Tasmania's Aboriginal naming policy not inclusive. Aboriginal alternatives offered for 'offensive' Tasmanian place names. Changing an electorate's name from 'notorious' Denison, to a 'son of Tasmania' Clark. New map records massacres of Aboriginal people.

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Tasmania has 69 golf courses — more per capita than any other state in Australia. It also has the oldest golf course in the Southern Hemisphere. Tasmanians travel the shortest distances of any Australian workers between their homes and their jobs. Apples were an important crop in Tasmania from early colonial settlement until the present. As an industry, it has also been extremely important to Tasmania, from its first commercial developments in the mid-nineteenth century through the main productive period from the early to mids.

The codlin moth, introduced in the s, threatened the development of the apple industry at a time when it was Tasmania's second most important industry. The unexpected event led to attempts to control the moth, and a re-organisation of the industry. Export peaked in the s and s essentially to European markets.