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Aborigines have been in Tasmania for thousands of years.

The first European to discover Tasmania was Dutch explorer Abel Tasman on 24 November 1642. Tasman discovered the previously unknown island on his voyage past the "Great South Land", or "New Holland", as the Dutch called Australia. He named it "Antony Van Diemen's Land" in honour of the High Magistrate, or Governor-General of Batavia.

Van Diemen's Land remained the name of the island until 1 January 1856, when Queen Victoria approved a petition to rename the island Tasmania, in honour of its discoverer.

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The first settlement of Tasmania was undertaken by the indigenous Australian people, the Aborigines. The first European settlement in Tasmania occurred primarily because of the failure of the first Victorian settlement. The British Government instructed Lieutenant-Governor David Collins to establish a settlement at Sullivan Bay in Port Phillip (now in Victoria) in 1803. The settlement failed due to poor soil and inadequate water supply. Hearing of better land and timber in Van Diemen's Land, Collins moved most of the settlement across Bass Strait, and established Hobart. The city began as a penal colony at Risdon Cove on the Derwent River in late 1803 to offset British concerns over the presence of French explorers. These fears were not unfounded: the first Europeans to land on the island were members of the expedition of the French explorer Marion du Fresne. The settlement became "official" on 16 February 1804. Collins originally named the settlement 'Sullivan Cove' after John Sullivan, Permanent Under-Secretary for the Colonies. The name Hobart Town was adopted by the settlement in June 1804, after Lord Hobart the Colonial Secretary. The colony of Van Diemen's Land was proclaimed a separate colony from New South Wales, with its own judicial establishment and Legislative Council, in December 1825. Hobart Town was proclaimed a city on 21 August 1842, and was renamed as Hobart in 1875.

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The first European to discover Tasmania was Dutch explorer Abel Tasman on 24 November 1642. Tasman discovered the previously unknown island on his voyage past the "Great South Land", or "New Holland", as the Dutch called Australia. He named it "Antony Van Diemen's Land" in honour of the High Magistrate, or Governor-General of Batavia.

Van Diemen's Land remained the name of the island until 1 January 1856, when Queen Victoria approved a petition to rename the island Tasmania, in honour of its discoverer.

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Abel Tasman was the first person to map any part of Tasmania, but he only touched upon the southern shores, and believed Tasmania, "New Holland" and New Zealand were all part of the same continent.

The ones who determined that Tasmania (still known as Van Diemen's Land) was an island, and who mapped the coastline, were George Bass and Matthew Flinders.

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Which explorer gave his name Tasmania?

No explorer gave his name to Tasmania. Tasmania was first known as Van Diemen's Land from 1642, when Dutch explorer Abel Tasman discovered it. In 1856, Queen Victoria approved a petition to rename the island of Van Diemen's Land 'Tasmania' in honour of Tasman.


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