在澳大利亚南方海面上,有一个大岛名叫塔斯马尼亚岛,隔巴斯海峡与澳大利亚大陆相望,岛上曾经生活着被称为塔斯马尼亚人的土著居民。塔斯马尼亚土著与澳大利亚大陆土著的种族特征有所不同,分别称为塔斯马尼亚种人和澳大利亚种人。据欧洲传教士的记载 On the South Australian australia is Tasmania, a large island across the Bass Strait from the mainland of Australia, where indigenous people known as Tasmanians lived. Tasmanian Indigenous peoples differ from indigenous Australians by their ethnic identity, being Tasmanian and Australian. According to the records of European missionaries