Omission of Tasmania from maps of Australia Omission of Tasmania from maps of Australia The Australian state of Tasmania is occasionally omitted from maps of Australia. Such omissions often provoke outrage from Tasmanians. During the 1982 Commonwealth Games opening ceremony, performers created a map of Australia that omitted Tasmania. Tasmanian poet Andrew Sant wrote "Off the Map" in response: <poem> Identity deleted, Close to the Continent Who wouldn't make a fuss? There have been wars for less... </poem> The Australian swim team at the 2014 Commonwealth Games were issued training swimsuits with a stylised design featuring maps of Australia, along with kangaroos and emus. The animals obscured
National Party of Australia – Tasmania National Party of Australia – Tasmania The National Party of Australia, using variously the names the Country Party, the Centre Party, the National Country Party and the Tasmanian Nationals, has had a limited history of organising and standing in the state of Tasmania compared to mainland states. First organising in the state in 1922, a succession of parties have functioned with limited electoral results. No state country party organisation yet existed in Tasmania prior to 1922, although in the 1919 federal election former MP Norman Cameron sought to regain the Division of Wilmot as a country candidate. In 1920 members