What do Americans think of Tasmania?

Most Americans know absolutely nothing about Tasmania. Their only association is with the Looney Tunes cartoon character. If you asked Americans unprompted, most wouldn't even know that Tasmania is a real place; they would guess that it's fictional because they know the fictional character. read more

Tasmania is not regarded as being any different to any other state in Australia. Now - Australian's make jokes about others living in the various states - but that doesn't mean they are regarded as different. read more

Ignorance. This is mostly on the part of Americans, as we tend not to know much about other countries, including Australia. But the reverse is not true! Australians have their ear to America's door—they have their hand on the pulse of America—they know what is going on far more than Americans know what is going on in Australia. read more