If a nation has a high dependency rate, it means that the nation has a large number of children, whose families must provide for them. But this isn't a complete answer really - it isn't only children who are dependent, but also the elderly, the sick, and people with disabilities. Report.
Sunrise, sunset, day length and solar time for Tasmania. 1  Sunrise: 06:44AM. 2  Sunset: 05:39PM. 3  Day length: 10h 55m.  Solar noon: 12: 1 12PM. The current local time in Tasmania is 12 minutes ahead of apparent solar time.
During the World Wars, Daylight Saving Time was implemented for the late summers beginning January 1917 and 1942, and the full summers beginning September 1942 and 1943. (Western Australia did not use DST during the summer of 1943.) In 1967, Tasmania experienced a drought, which depleted their reserves of water.