Editing Tasmania (section)

==Culture==
=== Literature ===
{{Main|Tasmanian literature}}

[[File:RichardFlanagan 300w.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Man Booker Prize]]-winner [[Richard Flanagan]] has written several novels set in his home state of Tasmania.]]

Notable titles by Tasmanian authors include ''[[The Museum of Modern Love]]''<ref>{{cite web |title=Subscribe to The Australian {{!}} Newspaper home delivery, website, iPad, iPhone & Android apps |url=https://myaccount.news.com.au/sites/theaustralian/subscribe.html?sourceCode=TAWEB_WRE170_a&mode=premium&dest=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theaustralian.com.au%2Farts%2Ftasmania-writer-heather-rose-wins-50000-stella-prize%2Fnews-story%2F8051196872c9a36c4ac09a6103c67bbd%3Fmemtype%3Danonymous |website=myaccount.news.com.au |language=en |access-date=16 November 2018 |archive-date=17 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181117022221/https://myaccount.news.com.au/sites/theaustralian/subscribe.html?sourceCode=TAWEB_WRE170_a&mode=premium&dest=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theaustralian.com.au%2Farts%2Ftasmania-writer-heather-rose-wins-50000-stella-prize%2Fnews-story%2F8051196872c9a36c4ac09a6103c67bbd%3Fmemtype%3Danonymous |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Heather Rose wins the Stella Prize |url=https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/booksandarts/heather-rose-wins-the-stella-prize/8449180 |website=abc.net.au |language=en-AU |date=19 April 2017 |access-date=16 November 2018 |archive-date=21 July 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170721080931/http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/booksandarts/heather-rose-wins-the-stella-prize/8449180 |url-status=live }}</ref> by [[Heather Rose]], ''The Narrow Road to the Deep North'' by [[Richard Flanagan]], ''The Alphabet of Light and Dark'' by [[Danielle Wood (writer)|Danielle Wood]], ''[[The Roving Party]]'' by Rohan Wilson and ''[[The Year of Living Dangerously (novel)|The Year of Living Dangerously]]'' by [[Christopher Koch]], ''The Rain Queen''<ref>{{cite web |title=Katherine Scholes |url=https://www.penguin.com.au/authors/katherine-scholes |website=www.penguin.com.au |language=en |access-date=4 April 2018 |archive-date=4 April 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180404200829/https://www.penguin.com.au/authors/katherine-scholes |url-status=live }}</ref> by [[Katherine Scholes]], ''Bridget Crack''<ref>{{cite web |last1=Leary |first1=Rachel |title=Bridget Crack – Rachel Leary – 9781760295479 – Allen & Unwin – Australia |url=https://www.allenandunwin.com/browse/books/fiction/literary-fiction/Bridget-Crack-Rachel-Leary-9781760295479 |website=www.allenandunwin.com |access-date=4 April 2018 |archive-date=21 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180621180449/https://www.allenandunwin.com/browse/books/fiction/literary-fiction/Bridget-Crack-Rachel-Leary-9781760295479 |url-status=live }}</ref> by Rachel Leary, and ''The Blue Day Book'' by [[Bradley Trevor Greive]]. A small part of [[Helen Garner]]'s ''[[Monkey Grip (novel)|Monkey Grip]]'' is set in Hobart as the main characters take a sojourn there. Children's books include ''They Found a Cave'' by [[Nan Chauncy]], ''The Museum of Thieves'' by [[Lian Tanner]], ''Finding Serendipity'', ''A Week Without Tuesday'' and ''Blueberry Pancakes Forever''<ref>{{cite web |title=Angelica Banks – Allen & Unwin – Australia |url=https://www.allenandunwin.com/authors/b/angelica-banks |website=www.allenandunwin.com |access-date=16 November 2018 |archive-date=11 March 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170311140741/https://www.allenandunwin.com/authors/b/angelica-banks |url-status=live }}</ref> by Angelica Banks, ''[[Tiger Tale]]'' by Marion and Steve Isham. Tasmania is home to the eminent literary magazine that was formed in 1979, [[Island magazine]], and the biennial Tasmanian Writers and Readers Festival, now renamed the Hobart Writers Festival.

[[Tasmanian Gothic]] is a literary genre which expresses the island state's "peculiar 'otherness' in relation to the mainland, as a remote, mysterious and self-enclosed place."<ref>{{cite journal |last=Turner |first=Ellen |date=2019 |title="The Whole Island is a Jail and We the Warders": States of Exception in Tasmanian Historical Fiction |journal=Commonwealth Essays and Studies |volume=42 |number=1 |doi=10.4000/ces.1076 |s2cid=186592980 |doi-access=free }}</ref> [[Marcus Clarke]]'s novel ''[[For the Term of his Natural Life]]'', written in the 1870s and set in convict era Tasmania, is a seminal example. This distinctive [[Gothic fiction|Gothic]] is not just restricted to literature, but can be represented through all [[the arts]], such as in [[painting]], [[music]], or [[architecture]].

===Visual arts===
The biennial ''Tasmanian Living Artists' Week'' is a ten-day statewide festival for Tasmania's visual artists. The fourth festival in 2007 involved more than 1000 artists. Tasmania is home to two winners of the prestigious [[Archibald Prize]]—[[Jack Carington Smith]] in 1963 for a portrait of [[James McAuley]], and [[Geoffrey Dyer]] in 2003 for his portrait of [[Richard Flanagan]]. Photographers [[Olegas Truchanas]] and [[Peter Dombrovskis]] are known for works that became iconic in the [[Lake Pedder]] and [[Franklin Dam]] conservation movements. English-born painter [[John Glover (artist)|John Glover]] (1767–1849) is known for his paintings of Tasmanian landscapes, and is the namesake for the annual [[Glover Prize]], which is awarded to the best landscape painting of Tasmania. The [[Museum of Old and New Art]] (MONA) opened in January 2011 at the [[Moorilla Estate]] in [[Berriedale, Tasmania|Berriedale]],<ref>{{cite web|date=14 May 2011|title=MONA puts Tassie on map Tasmania News – The Mercury – The Voice of Tasmania|url=http://www.themercury.com.au/article/2011/03/27/217761_tasmania-news.html|access-date=10 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110514201426/http://www.themercury.com.au/article/2011/03/27/217761_tasmania-news.html|archive-date=14 May 2011}}</ref> and is the largest privately owned museum complex in Australia.<ref>[http://www.smh.com.au/travel/shock-of-the-old-and-new-20110110-19khn.html Shock of the old and new] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110218020309/http://www.smh.com.au/travel/shock-of-the-old-and-new-20110110-19khn.html |date=18 February 2011 }}, ''The Sydney Morning Herald'', 10 January 2011.</ref>
[[File:James Turrell's Amarna at Mona 2015.jpg|thumb|center|700px|The [[Museum of Old and New Art]] (MONA), the largest privately owned museum in the Southern Hemisphere]]

===Music and performing arts===
[[File:Princess Theatre at night, Launceston.JPG|thumb|The [[Princess Theatre, Launceston|Princess Theatre]] and Earl Arts Centre, [[Launceston, Tasmania|Launceston]]]]
Tasmania has a varied musical scene, ranging from the [[Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra]] whose home is the [[Hotel Grand Chancellor, Hobart|Federation Concert Hall]], to a substantial number of small bands, orchestras, string quintets, saxophone ensembles and individual artists who perform at a variety of venues around the state. Tasmania is also home to a vibrant community of composers including [[Constantine Koukias]], [[Maria Grenfell]] and [[Don Kay (composer)|Don Kay]]. Tasmania is also home to one of Australia's leading new music institutions, [[IHOS Music Theatre and Opera]] and gospel choirs, the [[Southern Gospel Choir]]. Prominent Australian metal bands [[Psycroptic]] and [[Striborg]] hail from Tasmania.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.themetalforge.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=329|title=Psycroptic: Rise Above|access-date=6 March 2010|website=themetalforge.com|archive-date=17 March 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110317135605/http://themetalforge.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=329|url-status=live}}</ref> Noir-rock band [[The Paradise Motel]] and 1980s power-pop band [[The Innocents (Australian band)|The Innocents]]<ref>{{cite web| url= http://www.theinnocents.com.au/| title= Beathoven and The Innocents – Official Web site| website= theinnocents.com.au| publisher= The Innocents| access-date= 2 April 2010| archive-date= 20 May 2014| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140520201204/http://www.theinnocents.com.au/| url-status= live}}</ref> are also citizens.

The [[Tasmanian Aboriginals]] were known to have sung [[oral traditions]], as [[Fanny Cochrane Smith]] (the last fluent speaker of any [[Tasmanian languages|Tasmanian language]]) had done so in recordings from 1899 to 1903.<ref>{{cite news |title=Fanny Cochrane Smith's Tasmanian Aboriginal songs and language preserved forever |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-02-09/fanny-cochrane-smith-recordings-inducted-into-unesco-register/8254806 |newspaper=ABC News |date=9 February 2017 |access-date=5 September 2021 |archive-date=5 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210905111029/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-02-09/fanny-cochrane-smith-recordings-inducted-into-unesco-register/8254806 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Longman |first1=Murray J. |title=Songs of the Tasmanian Aborigines as Recorded by Mrs. Fanny Cochrane Smith |journal=Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania |date=1960 |volume=94 |url=https://eprints.utas.edu.au/14096/1/1960_Longman_Songs_Tasmanian_aborigines.pdf |access-date=5 September 2021 |archive-date=14 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210614185541/https://eprints.utas.edu.au/14096/1/1960_Longman_Songs_Tasmanian_aborigines.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> Tasmania has been home to some early and prominent [[List of Australian composers|Australian composers]]. In piano, [[Katharine Parker|Kitty Parker]] from [[Longford, Tasmania|Longford]] was described by world-famous Australian composer [[Percy Grainger]] as his most gifted student.<ref>{{cite web |title=Kitty Parker |url=https://www.australiancomposers.com.au/pages/kitty-parker |website=Australian Composers |publisher=Wirripang |access-date=5 September 2021 |archive-date=5 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210905111030/https://www.australiancomposers.com.au/pages/kitty-parker |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Peter Sculthorpe]] was originally from [[Launceston, Tasmania|Launceston]] and became well known in Australia for his works which were influenced by his Tasmanian origins, and he is, by coincidence, distantly related to Fanny Cochrane Smith.<ref>{{cite web |title=The life, love and legacy of Peter Sculthorpe (1929–2014) |url=https://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2014/08/12/4065785.htm |website=Australian Broadcasting Corporation |access-date=5 September 2021 |archive-date=5 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210905111029/https://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2014/08/12/4065785.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> In 1996, Sculthorpe composed the piece ''Port Arthur: In Memoriam'' for chamber [[orchestra]], which was first performed by the [[Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Port Arthur: In Memoriam |url=https://www.fabermusic.com/music/port-arthur-in-memoriam-2986 |website=Faber Music |access-date=5 September 2021 |archive-date=5 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210905112539/https://www.fabermusic.com/music/port-arthur-in-memoriam-2986 |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Charles Sandys Packer]] was an early Tasmanian example of the tradition of [[Australian classical music]], transported for the crime of embezzlement in 1839, and at a similar time [[Francis Hartwell Henslowe]] had spent time as a [[Civil servant|public servant]] in Tasmania. [[Amy Sherwin]], known as the ''Tasmanian Nightingale'' was a successful [[soprano]],<ref>{{cite Australian Dictionary of Biography |title=Sherwin, Frances Amy Lillian (1855–1935) |id2=sherwin-frances-amy-lillian-4574 |access-date=5 September 2021 |archive-date=5 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210905111029/https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/sherwin-frances-amy-lillian-4574 |url-status=live }}</ref> and [[Eileen Joyce]], who came from remote [[Zeehan]], became a world-renowned pianist at the time of her peak.<ref>{{cite Australian Dictionary of Biography |last1=Tunley |first1=David |title=Joyce, Eileen Alannah (1908–1991) |id2=joyce-eileen-alannah-14817 |access-date=18 September 2021 |archive-date=18 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210918074450/https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/joyce-eileen-alannah-14817 |url-status=live }}</ref>

{{Further|Tasmanian Bands League}}

===Cinema===
{{See also|List of films shot in Tasmania|Category:Television shows set in Tasmania}}
Films set in Tasmania include ''[[Young Einstein]]'', ''[[The Tale of Ruby Rose]]'', ''[[The Hunter (2011 Australian film)|The Hunter]]'', ''[[The Last Confession of Alexander Pearce]]'', ''Arctic Blast'', ''[[Manganinnie]]'' (with music composed by [[Peter Sculthorpe]]), ''[[Van Diemen's Land (film)|Van Diemen's Land]]'', ''[[Lion (2016 film)|Lion]]'', and ''[[The Nightingale (2018 film)|The Nightingale]]''. Common within [[Australian cinema]], the Tasmanian landscape is a focal point in most of their feature film productions. ''The Last Confession of Alexander Pearce'' and ''Van Diemen's Land'' are both set during an episode of Tasmania's convict history. Tasmanian film production goes as far back as the [[silent era]], with the epic ''[[For the Term of His Natural Life (1927 film)|For The Term of His Natural Life]]'' in 1927 being the most expensive feature film made on Australian shores. ''[[The Kettering Incident]]'', filmed in and around [[Kettering, Tasmania]], won the 2016 AACTA Award for Best Telefeature or Miniseries. The [[Nature documentary|documentary series]] ''[[Walking with Dinosaurs]]'' was partly filmed in Tasmania due to its terrain.

The [[Tasmanian Film Corporation]], which financed ''[[Manganinnie]]'', was the successor to the Tasmanian Government Department of Film Production but disappeared after privatisation. Its role is now filled by the [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]], Screen Tasmania, and private ventures such as Blue Rocket Productions.

===Higher education===
Tasmania is served by the [[University of Tasmania]], a research university established in 1846.

===Media===
{{See also|Tasmanian media}}
Tasmania has five broadcast television stations which produce local content including [[ABC Tasmania]], [[TNT (Australian TV station)|Seven Tasmania]] – an affiliate of the [[Seven Network]], [[TVT (TV station)|WIN Television Tasmania]] – an affiliate of the [[Nine Network]], [[TDT (TV station)|10 Tasmania]] – an affiliate of [[Network 10]] (joint owned by WIN and Southern Cross), and [[Special Broadcasting Service|SBS]].

===Sport===
{{Main|Sport in Tasmania}}
[[File:Bellerive oval hobart.jpg|thumb|right|[[Bellerive Oval]] hosts [[cricket]] and [[Australian rules football]], Tasmania's two most popular spectator sports.]]

Sport is an important pastime in Tasmania, and the state has produced several famous sportsmen and women and also hosted several major sporting events. The [[Tasmanian Tigers]] cricket team represents the state successfully (for example the [[Sheffield Shield]] in 2007, 2011 and 2013) and plays its home games at the [[Bellerive Oval]] in Hobart, which is also the home ground for the [[Hobart Hurricanes]] in the Big Bash League. In addition, Bellerive Oval regularly hosts international cricket matches. Famous Tasmanian cricketers include [[David Boon]], former Australian captains [[Ricky Ponting]] and [[Tim Paine]].

[[Australian rules football in Tasmania]] is the most watched form of football and a [[Tasmanian AFL Bid|Tasmanian team]] was awarded a license to enter the [[Australian Football League]] (AFL) in 2028 to be based out of a new [[Macquarie Point Stadium]]. AFL matches have been played since 2001 at [[York Park|Aurora Stadium]] in Launceston and Bellerive Oval in Hobart. Local leagues include the [[North West Football League]] and [[Tasmanian State League]].

[[Soccer in Tasmania]] is the most participated football code and there is an active [[Tasmanian A-League bid]]. The existing statewide league is the [[National Premier Leagues Tasmania|NPL Tasmania]].

[[Rugby Union]] is also played in Tasmania and is governed by the [[Tasmanian Rugby Union]]. Ten clubs take part in the statewide Tasmanian Rugby Competition.

Tasmania hosts the professional [[Moorilla Hobart International|Moorilla International]] tennis tournament as part of the lead up to the Australian Open and is played at the [[Hobart International Tennis Centre]], Hobart.

The [[Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race]] is an annual event starting in Sydney, NSW, on Boxing Day and finishing in Hobart, Tasmania. It is widely considered to be one of the most difficult yacht races in the world.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/sailing/1721104.stm | work=BBC News | title=Tough legacy of a Sydney classic | date=29 December 2001 | access-date=12 August 2016 | archive-date=10 September 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140910215733/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/sailing/1721104.stm | url-status=live }}</ref>

In basketball, Tasmania has previously been represented in the [[National Basketball League (Australia)|National Basketball League (NBL)]] by [[Launceston Casino City]] (1980–1982), the [[Devonport Warriors]] (1983–1984), and the [[Hobart Devils]] (1983–1996). Since the [[2021–22 NBL season]], Tasmania has been represented by the [[Tasmania JackJumpers]], a state-wide franchise which plays its home games in both Hobart and Launceston. The JackJumpers secured their maiden [[List of NBL champions|NBL championship]] in the [[2023–24 NBL season|2023–24 season]], marking Tasmania's first NBL title since Launceston Casino City in 1981.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2024/mar/31/nbl-championship-tasmania-jackjumpers-melbourne-united-national-basketball-league-2024-game-5-grand-final-series-winner-basketball |title=Tasmania JackJumpers snatch first NBL title in epic final series against Melbourne United |date=2024-03-31 |access-date=2024-04-07 |website=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref>

===Cuisine===
{{See also|Tasmanian wine}}
Tasmanian Aboriginal people had a diverse diet, including native currants, pigface, and native plums, and a wide range of birds and kangaroos. Seafood has always been a significant part of the Tasmanian diet, including its wide range of shellfish, which are still commercially farmed<ref name="goway"/> such as [[crayfish]], [[orange roughy]], [[salmon (food)|salmon]]<ref name="goway"/> and [[oyster]]s.<ref name="goway"/> Seal meat also formed a significant part of the Aboriginal diet.<ref>{{cite book |title=A traditional Tasmanian Aboriginal Diet |date=2018 |publisher=Department of Education, Tasmania |url=https://www.theorb.tas.gov.au/ |access-date=11 September 2021 |archive-date=24 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210924065046/https://www.theorb.tas.gov.au/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Tasmania's non-Aboriginal cuisine has a unique history to mainland Australia. It has developed through many subsequent waves of immigration. Tasmanian traditional foods include scallop pies – a pie filled with scallops in curry – and curry powder, which was popularised by [[Keen's|Keen's Curry]] in the 19th century.<ref>{{cite news |title=Favouring curry a long-time Tasmanian trait |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-03-24/tasmanians-have-been-keen-for-curry-since-colonial-days/9563024 |access-date=11 September 2021 |work=www.abc.net.au |publisher=ABC |date=23 March 2018 |language=en-AU |archive-date=11 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210911190257/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-03-24/tasmanians-have-been-keen-for-curry-since-colonial-days/9563024 |url-status=live }}</ref> Tasmania also produces and consumes wasabi, saffron, truffles and leatherwood honey.<ref>{{cite web |title=Top ten Tasmanian food specialities |url=http://www.tasmaniatopten.com/lists/tasmanian_foods.php |website=www.tasmaniatopten.com |access-date=11 September 2021 |archive-date=12 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210812044019/http://www.tasmaniatopten.com/lists/tasmanian_foods.php |url-status=live }}</ref>

[[File:Cascade Brewery 1.jpg|thumb|Built in Hobart in 1824, [[Cascade Brewery]] is Australia's oldest continuously operating brewery.]]
Tasmania now has a wide range of restaurants, in part due to the arrival of immigrants and changing cultural patterns. Scattered across Tasmania are many vineyards,<ref name="goway">{{cite web|title=Tasmania Tours, Vacation Packages & Travel Experiences|url=https://www.goway.com/trips/dest/australia-and-south-pacific/cntry/australia/st/tasmania/|access-date=10 January 2022|website=Goway Travel|language=en|archive-date=10 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220110002722/https://www.goway.com/trips/dest/australia-and-south-pacific/cntry/australia/st/tasmania/|url-status=live}}</ref> and Tasmanian beer brands such as [[Boags]] and [[Cascade Brewery|Cascade]] are known and sold in Mainland Australia. [[King Island (Tasmania)|King Island]] off the northwestern coast of Tasmania has a reputation for boutique cheeses<ref name="goway"/> and dairy products.

The ''Central Cookery Book'' was written in 1930 by [[Alice Christina Irvine|A. C. Irvine]] and is still popular in Australia and even internationally.<ref>{{cite Australian Dictionary of Biography |last1=McLeod |first1=E. A. |title=Irvine, Alice Christina (1879–1940) |id2=irvine-alice-christina-13002 |access-date=18 September 2021 |archive-date=18 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210918074455/https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/irvine-alice-christina-13002 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Moran |first1=Jessica |title=Coronavirus restrictions see 1930's Central Cookery Book become a bestseller |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-05-24/coronavirus-makes-1930s-tasmanian-cookery-book-bestseller/12279394 |access-date=18 September 2021 |agency=Australian Broadcasting Corporation |date=24 May 2020 |archive-date=18 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210918074449/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-05-24/coronavirus-makes-1930s-tasmanian-cookery-book-bestseller/12279394 |url-status=live }}</ref> Tasmanian cuisine is often unique and has won many awards. One example is the Hartshorn Distillery, which has won prizes in the World [[Vodka]] Awards for three years in a row since 2017.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Baker-Dowdell |first1=Johanna |title=Sheep why vodka wins top Australia award for third year in a row |url=https://www.examiner.com.au/story/5949996/harthorns-sheep-whey-vodka-wins-top-australian-drop-again/ |access-date=18 September 2021 |agency=The Examiner |date=12 March 2019 |archive-date=18 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210918074450/https://www.examiner.com.au/story/5949996/harthorns-sheep-whey-vodka-wins-top-australian-drop-again/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Events===
{{Main|List of events in Tasmania}}

To foster tourism, the state government encourages or supports several annual events in and around the island. The best known of these is the [[Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race]], starting on [[Boxing Day]] in Sydney and usually arriving at [[Constitution Dock]] in Hobart around three to four days later, during the [[Taste of Tasmania]], an annual food and wine festival. Other events include the [[Targa Tasmania]] [[rallying|rally]] which attracts rally drivers from around the world and is staged all over the state, over five days. Rural or regional events include [[Agfest]], a three-day [[agricultural show]] held at [[Carrick, Tasmania|Carrick]] (just west of Launceston) in early May and [[NASA]] supported TastroFest – Tasmania's Astronomy Festival, held early August in [[Ulverstone, Tasmania|Ulverstone]] (Northwest Tasmania). The [[Royal Hobart Show]] and [[Royal Launceston Show]] are both held in October annually.

Music events held in Tasmania include the [[Falls Festival]] at [[Marion Bay, Tasmania|Marion Bay]] (a [[Victoria (Australia)|Victorian]] event now held in both Victoria and Tasmania on New Year's Eve); the Festival of Voices, a national celebration of song held each year in Hobart attracting international and national teachers and choirs in the heart of Winter; and [[MS Fest]], a charity music event held in Launceston to raise money for those with [[multiple sclerosis]]. The [[Cygnet Folk Festival]] is one of Australia's most iconic [[folk music]] festivals and is held in [[Cygnet, Tasmania|Cygnet]] in the [[Huon Valley]] every year in January.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cygnetfolkfestival.org/ |title=Home |website=Cygnet Folk Festival |access-date=5 September 2021 |archive-date=5 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210905111031/https://www.cygnetfolkfestival.org/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The Tasmanian Lute Festival is an early music event held in different locations in Tasmania every two years. Recent additions to the state arts events calendar include the [[10 Days on the Island]] arts festival, [[MONA FOMA]], run by [[David Walsh (art collector)|David Walsh]] and curated by [[Brian Ritchie]] and [[Dark Mofo]] also run by [[David Walsh (art collector)|David Walsh]] and curated by Leigh Carmichael.

[[The Unconformity]] is a three-day festival held every two years in [[Queenstown, Tasmania|Queenstown]] on the [[West Coast of Tasmania|West Coast]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://theunconformity.com.au/ |title=Home |website=The Unconformity |access-date=5 September 2021 |archive-date=5 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210905111030/https://theunconformity.com.au/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=The Unconformity |url=https://www.discovertasmania.com.au/event/theunconformity |website=Discover Tasmania |access-date=5 September 2021 |archive-date=5 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210905111030/https://www.discovertasmania.com.au/event/theunconformity |url-status=live }}</ref> Each February in [[Evandale, Tasmania|Evandale]] a [[penny-farthing]] championships are held.<ref>{{cite web |title=What is the National Penny Farthing Championship? |url=https://www.evandaletasmania.com/national-penny-farthing-championship.html |website=Evandale Tasmania |access-date=5 September 2021 |archive-date=5 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210905111031/https://www.evandaletasmania.com/national-penny-farthing-championship.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Perception within Australia===
Tasmania is perceived within Australia and internationally as an island with pristine wildlife, water and air. It is known for its [[ecotourism]] for these reasons, and is considered an idyllic location for Australians considering a "tree-" or "sea-change", or are seeking [[retirement]] because of Tasmania's [[Temperate climate|temperate environment]] and friendly locals.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Spears |first1=Fran |title='From incredible scenery to friendly locals: Tasmania is unlike anywhere else' |url=https://startsat60.com/media/travel/travel-bloggers/from-incredible-scenery-to-friendly-locals-tasmania-is-unlike-anywhere-else |website=startsat60 |date=15 August 2020 |access-date=11 October 2021 |archive-date=27 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211027183336/https://startsat60.com/media/travel/travel-bloggers/from-incredible-scenery-to-friendly-locals-tasmania-is-unlike-anywhere-else |url-status=live }}</ref> In other parts of the world, Tasmania is considered as the opposite side of the planet to most places, and supposedly home to mythically exotic animals, such as the [[Tasmanian Devil (Looney Tunes)|Tasmanian Devil]] as popularised by [[Warner Brothers]].

====Stereotypes====
Tasmania has a reputation within Australia that is often at odds with the reality of the state or may have only been true during colonial times and has only persevered on the Australian mainland as a [[myth]]. Because of these [[stereotypes]], Tasmania is often referred to as the primary target (i.e., "butt") of mainland Australian jokes.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Hollie |first1=Pamela G. |title=TASMANIANS WEARY OF BEING THE BUTT OF JOKES |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1982/11/26/world/tasmanians-weary-of-being-the-butt-of-jokes.html |website=The New York Times |access-date=13 October 2021 |date=26 November 1982 |archive-date=29 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211029173203/https://www.nytimes.com/1982/11/26/world/tasmanians-weary-of-being-the-butt-of-jokes.html |url-status=live }}</ref> In more recent times, references to insults against Tasmania are more [[Sarcasm|sarcastic]] and jovial, but angst against the island still exists. The most commonly cited sarcastic comment is on the supposedly '[[Polycephaly|two-headed]]' Tasmanians, which originated due to some colonists developing [[goitre]]s from the low amount of [[iodine]] in the island's soil.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Cooper |first1=Erin |title=What is the origin of the joke about Tasmanians having two heads? |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-06-13/curious-hobart-origin-of-two-headed-tasmanian-myth/11197982 |access-date=1 October 2021 |agency=Australian Broadcasting Corporation |date=13 June 2019 |archive-date=1 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211001205127/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-06-13/curious-hobart-origin-of-two-headed-tasmanian-myth/11197982 |url-status=live }}</ref> But as Tasmania receives higher volumes of inter-state tourists, the perceptions are in the process of changing.<ref>{{cite web |title=Motivations Research – Appeal triggers and motivations for tourism in Tasmania, March 2011 |url=https://www.tourismtasmania.com.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0005/54599/motivations.pdf |website=Tourism Tasmania |publisher=Tasmanian Government |access-date=11 October 2021 |archive-date=29 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211029174959/https://www.tourismtasmania.com.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0005/54599/motivations.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>

The most prominent example of negative stereotype is of [[inbreeding]] due to the relatively small size of Tasmania compared to the rest of Australia (though Tasmania is nearly as large as the Republic of Ireland in area, and more populous than [[Iceland]]). This is untrue and if it had once been the case, it would have existed in the rest of colonial Australia as well, though Tasmania's penal establishments were some of the harshest in the entire colony and home to infamous bushrangers. This is a part of the also-receding global stereotype that all Australians are or were derived from criminals, even as most [[Convicts in Australia|convicts]] were transported for petty crimes. During this period of European settlement, Tasmania was the second centre of power (and a significant port of the [[British Empire]]) on the continent after [[New South Wales]], before being surpassed in the latter half of the 19th century by [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]] and regions sustained by [[Australian gold rushes|mining booms]] following the cessation of transportation in 1853.<ref>{{cite web |title=Cessation of Transportation |url=https://www.femaleconvicts.org.au/administration/cessation-of-transportation |website=Female Convicts Research Centre Inc. |access-date=11 October 2021 |archive-date=20 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211020061002/https://femaleconvicts.org.au/administration/cessation-of-transportation |url-status=live }}</ref>
A mentality developed in certain corners of Australia, and led to a general dislike of Tasmania amongst these people, even if the opinion-holder had never properly visited. It can rise to such an extent as to argue for the secession of Tasmania from the rest of Australia, in an effort to 'recover' Australia's reputation from Tasmania.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Alexander |first1=Alison |title=TASMANIA'S REPUTATION |url=https://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/T/Tas%20reputation.htm |website=(UTAS) The Companion to Tasmanian History |publisher=University of Tasmania |access-date=1 October 2021 |archive-date=1 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211001205132/https://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/T/Tas%20reputation.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>