WOMBATS ON MARIA ISLAND Maria Island /wukaluwikiwayna is a mountainous island located off the east coast of Tasmania. The island was named in 1642 by Dutch explorer Abel Tasman after Maria van Diemen (wife of Anthony van Diemen, the Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies). … Continued
An image from the imagination of the artist, combining several icons of the Tasmanian wilderness. A Tasmanian Devil and her young are in the foreground with a Quoll. A Wombat browses in a field of button grass and on a … Continued
This image is from an original work in watercolour by Tasmanian artist Sue Holm. It was inspired by the ripples and reflections and boats on the Huon River at Franklin, south of Hobart, where shipwrights still build wooden boats in … Continued