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Welcome to WikiProject Tasmania!

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Hobart docks with Mt Wellington in the background.
Hobart docks with Mt Wellington in the background.
This WikiProject aims to create and improve articles and images related to Tasmania, Australia.

We would like as much help as possible, so if you are interested, please add your name to the list below, and look at the to-do list for some suggestions on articles that you may be able to help with. You may also inquire on the talk page, or visit the Australian Wikipedians' noticeboard for collaboration on Australian articles in general.

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Current events

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10 March 2026 – Australia–Iran relations, Defection of Iran women's national football team
Australia grants humanitarian visas to five Iranian women football players who sought asylum, including captain Zahra Ghanbari, Mona Hamoudi, Fatemeh Pasandideh, Atefeh Ramezanizadeh, and Zahra Sarbali, citing fears of persecution after refusing to sing Iran's national anthem before an Asian Cup match in Gold Coast, Queensland. (Reuters)
8 March 2026 – 2026 AFC Women's Asian Cup, 2026 Iranian diaspora protests
Diaspora protesters surround the bus of the Iranian women's soccer team following their match against the Philippines in Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, amidst fears of their safety upon returning to Iran after members of the team gave SOS hand signals from the team bus. (ABC News Australia) (DW)
5 March 2026 – Evacuations during the 2026 Iran war
Australia and New Zealand deploy military assets, including two RNZAF aircraft, and crisis response teams to the Middle East to assist and evacuate their respective nationals. (AFP via Al Arabiya)
3 March 2026 – Middle Eastern crisis
An Iranian drone strike damages Al Minhad Air Base, the headquarters of the Australian military's Joint Task Force 633. Australian defence minister Richard Marles confirms that there were no casualties in the strike. (Reuters)
21 February 2026 – 2025–26 Australian bushfire season
The state emergency service of Victoria, Australia, issues the highest-level emergency evacuation warning for areas surrounding the A1 Mine Settlement of Gaffneys Creek, as an uncontrolled bushfire burns the settlement. (Reuters)
18 February 2026 – Terrorism in Australia
Australia issues a temporary exclusion order barring one citizen held in a Syrian detention camp from returning to the country under counter-terrorism legislation, citing the citizen's possible links to Islamic State members. (Reuters)


Things you can do

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Things To doBacklog
Requested photographs in Tasmania184
Unassessed Tasmania articles42
Unknown-importance Tasmania articles1329

See the full CleanupWorklistBot list for this project, grouped by problem type (or on the Alphabetic tab: by age, importance, or class).

Also visit the Australian Wikipedians' noticeboard for collaboration on Australian articles in general.

Here are some manually requested tasks you can do to help at WikiProject Tasmania:

  • Requests: Conservation in Tasmania, Kirsty Dunphey, Peter Gilligan, Commonwealth Government Centre
  • Expand: Aurora Energy, Devonport, Freycinet National Park, List of schools in Tasmania, Prospect Vale, Riverside, Smooth Island, State Library of Tasmania, Tasmanian Conservation Trust, Transend Networks, Sandfly
  • Verify: TCA Ground, Burnie, Derwent River, Port Arthur
  • Images: Bracknell, Fern Tree, Government House
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    Active members

    To join WikiProject Tasmania, edit this section and add the Wikitext #{{subst:me}} with your areas of interest to the bottom of the following list of members. Members should also place member identification on their user page.

    1. Canley (talk · contribs), Hobart, Tasmania
    2. Chuq (talk · contribs)
    3. CineBrick315 (talk · contribs) 11:30:17, 26 January 2024 (UTC) , Hobart, Tasmania
    4. Njh (talk · contribs), Hobart, Tasmania
    5. Nevanderson (talk · contribs), Sydney, NSW. Reference books on Tasmanian history, especially maritime and regional history..
    6. Kgoetz (talk · contribs), Glenorchy area, Tasmania
    7. Shirt58 (talk · contribs), somewhere on the eastern fringe of leaves. A generalist. See Eucalyptus risdonii, Koonya, Tasmania, and so on.
    8. PAT6592 (talk · contribs), Hobart, Tasmania. Forestry, land management and rural industries.
    9. Sean Parker (talk · contribs), Originally from Evandale. Mountains, Rivers and Towns in the North Midlands. Aboriginal Tasmanians.
    10. Spacepine (talk · contribs)
    11. RevPLaw (talk · contribs) 23:22:28, 6 June 2019 (UTC) , North eastern shore of Derwent River, Tasmania between Tasman and Bowen bridges, including flora, fauna, written and archaeological history.
    12. Wildroo-tas (talk · contribs) 03:20:19, 15 June 2020 (UTC)  North East Tasmania
    13. JTdale (talk · contribs) 18:36:22, 22 August 2020 (UTC)  Hobart, Tasmania. Reference books on local architecture; generalist.
    14. Sessefres (talk · contribs) 02:42:23, 8 October 2020 (UTC)  Burnie area, interest in the small towns and schools
    15. Mairremena (talk · contribs) 02:15:35, 25 August 2021 (UTC)  Here to contribute as much as possible to the information of Tasmania; interested in all subjects!
    16. Adam Black GB (talk · contribs)

    Deceased members

    1. JarrahTree (talk · contribs)

    Former members

    Thank you for your help! Please move your username back to the active list when you can participate again.

    1. Navarine (talk · contribs), Hobart, Tasmania, History, especially maritime, geography
    2. Upzook (talk · contribs), Sydney, NSW. Eaglehawk Neck
    3. MojoTas (talk · contribs), Burnie, Tasmania
    4. Norchy_pies4life (talk · contribs), Moonah, Tasmania - Tasmanian Football (Australian Rules)#Patricknoddy, Valdosta, Georgia#PanachePizazz (talk · contribs), Hobart, Tasmania. Tasmanian (particularly Hobart) music & performing arts, I am an avid music-follower and also a photographer who is happy to share for Wikipedia.
    5. 42° South (talk · contribs), London, UK (originally Clarence, Tasmania). Tasmanian Sports, local history#PelionClimber (talk · contribs), Leith, Tasmania. Bushwalking, climbing impressive Tasmanian mountains.
    6. Boltonfan22 (talk · contribs), Old Beach, Tasmania
    7. Orderinchaos (talk · contribs), Perth, Western Australia. Geographical articles (esp Launceston region), and general project tasks
    8. KeresH (talk · contribs), Bagdad, Tasmania. Midlands, flora and fauna, I'm a photographer & I'll entertain requests
    9. Travis Tiddy (talk · contribs), Hobart, Tasmania. The Lake Margaret Hydro-Electric Power Scheme, West Coast oral histories. Born and raised in Queenstown and very much still associated with the West Coast#Tasmarshall (talk · contribs)
    10. Wiki ian (talk · contribs), Hobart, Tasmania
    11. lepamplemousse (talk · contribs) Living in Devonport, only moved (relatively) recently. I'd love to help out but definitely not as knowledgeable about Tasmania as others.
    12. Aaroncrick (talk · contribs), Launceston, Tasmania. Tasmanian articles (esp Launceston region), and general project tasks
    13. Decat2 (talk · contribs), Hobart, Tasmania, Schools and education
    14. Noodle snacks (talk · contribs), Hobart, Tasmania, Can probably meet photographic requests
    15. Watchover (talk · contribs), Here to help!
    16. Tazkal (talk · contribs), Originally from Burnie, currently living in Kalgoorlie.
    17. Takver (talk), Melbourne
    18. Peripitus (talk · contribs) near Launceston.
    19. Forfuxake (talk · contribs), North Hobart, Tasmania - Tasmanian football (Australian Rules) and other Hobart-based info.#Jdimsey_95 (talk · contribs), Hobart, Tasmania
    20. Hothguard11 (talk · contribs), Hobart, Tasmania. Into photography, transport and urban history. Can assist with building history and such.
    21. Phil Wardle (talk · contribs) Photography, anything to do with sailing, boats or the waterways. Living in Hobart area.
    22. Rey fresco (talk · contribs) Climate and weather, Created page Liawenee and provided climate tables for Maydena and Swansea

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    Members of WikiProject Tasmania should place one of the following lines of Wikitext on their user page to add it to Category:WikiProject Tasmania participants.

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    For other Tasmania user templates see Category:Tasmania user templates.

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