| Victoria has a temperate four-season climate.
Victoria's climate reflects its regions: southern and coastal, alpine,
north and west of the Great Dividing Range. The wettest areas are the
Otway Ranges and High Country, and driest the north-west. Coastal areas
get cold fronts and Southern Ocean winds. Alpine areas have the most extreme
weather.
Slightly over a quarter of Victoria's population were born overseas.
Older migrant groups include United Kingdom, Italy and Greece. Newer
migrant groups include New Zealand, China, India, South Africa, Indonesia,
Malaysia and Vietnam.
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Tasmania, the smallest of
Australia's six states, is an island lying off the south-east corner of
the Australian mainland. Roughly triangular in shape, it is surrounded
by smaller islands, the most important ones being Flinders, King and Bruny.
The state is separated from the Australian mainland by Bass Strait, and
the remaining coastline is bounded by the Southern Ocean on the south
and west and the Tasman Sea on the east. Hobart, Tasmania's capital city,
is in the south of the state, extending over both sides of the River Derwent.
Founded in 1804, it is the second oldest city in Australia. Today Hobart
functions as the main administrative and commercial centre of the state. |
