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West Coast, Tasmania
Region in Tasmania, Australia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the geographic region and the locality. For the bioregion, see Tasmanian West. For the local government area, see West Coast Council.
The West Coast of Tasmania is one of the regions of Tasmania in Australia. It is mainly isolated rough country and is associated with wilderness, mining and tourism. It served as the location of an early convict settlement in the early history of Van Diemen's Land, and contrasts sharply with the more developed and populous northern and eastern parts of the island state.
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