What is the name of the strait that separates Tasmania from the south of the Australian mainland, specifically the state of Victoria?
Bass Strait leaving Wilsons Promontory in Victoria on 25 February 2014 and arriving at Cape Portland in northeastern Tasmania on 4 March 2014. Bass Strait Bass Strait is a sea strait separating Tasmania from the Australian mainland, specifically the state of Victoria. The International Hydrographic Organization defines the limits of Bass Strait as follows: Some authorities consider the strait to be part of the Pacific Ocean as in the never-approved 2002 IHO "Limits of Oceans and Seas" draft. In the currently in-force IHO 1953 draft, it is instead listed as part of the Indian Ocean. The Australian Hydrographic Service does not consider
Governors of the Australian states as Governor of Victoria in 2015. South Australia was also the first state to appoint a woman as governor, when Dame Roma Mitchell took office in 1991. With the appointment of Penelope Wensley in July 2008, Queensland has had three female governors, more than any other state. Queensland is also the only state to have had two female governors in succession (Wensley succeeded Quentin Bryce). South Australia has had two female governors, and New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria, and Western Australia one each. The Northern Territory, the only mainland territory to have an administrator, has had one female administrator (Sally