Colony of Tasmania
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The Colony of Tasmania was a 19th-century British colonial territory in Australia that preceded the modern Australian state of Tasmania.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Colony of Tasmania canonical | 2 |
| Van Diemen's Land | 2 |
| British colony of Van Diemen's Land | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T14031098 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Colony of Tasmania Context triple: [Colonial Secretary of Tasmania, appliesToJurisdiction, Colony of Tasmania]
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A.
Colony of Victoria
The Colony of Victoria was a 19th- and early 20th-century British colony in southeastern Australia that later became the Australian state of Victoria.
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B.
Colony of New South Wales
The Colony of New South Wales was a British penal and later free settlement in Australia that became the foundation for several modern Australian states and territories.
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C.
Colony of Queensland
The Colony of Queensland was a British colonial territory in northeastern Australia that existed from 1859 until it became the state of Queensland at Australian Federation in 1901.
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D.
Colony of South Australia
The Colony of South Australia was a 19th-century British settlement in southern Australia, founded as a planned free colony without convict transportation and later becoming the state of South Australia.
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E.
Colony of New Zealand
The Colony of New Zealand was a 19th-century British colonial territory in the South Pacific that formed the political foundation for the modern nation of New Zealand.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Colony of Tasmania Target entity description: The Colony of Tasmania was a 19th-century British colonial territory in Australia that preceded the modern Australian state of Tasmania.
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A.
Colony of Victoria
The Colony of Victoria was a 19th- and early 20th-century British colony in southeastern Australia that later became the Australian state of Victoria.
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B.
Colony of New South Wales
The Colony of New South Wales was a British penal and later free settlement in Australia that became the foundation for several modern Australian states and territories.
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C.
Colony of Queensland
The Colony of Queensland was a British colonial territory in northeastern Australia that existed from 1859 until it became the state of Queensland at Australian Federation in 1901.
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D.
Colony of South Australia
The Colony of South Australia was a 19th-century British settlement in southern Australia, founded as a planned free colony without convict transportation and later becoming the state of South Australia.
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E.
Colony of New Zealand
The Colony of New Zealand was a 19th-century British colonial territory in the South Pacific that formed the political foundation for the modern nation of New Zealand.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Van Diemen's Land
Lieutenant-Governor of Van Diemen's Land
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locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity
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Colony of Tasmania
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this entity surface form:
Van Diemen's Land
this entity surface form:
British colony of Van Diemen's Land