Green’s Dictionary of Slang

(Aus.) Tasmanian.

1904		Truth (Brisbane) 10 Apr. 5/2: [T]he little Tassy town knew it had made a mistake .
1919		Truth (Brisbane) 28 Sept. 2/3: Tassy girls wear much the same complexion as the English twists.
1929		Townsville Daily Bull. (Qld) 10 Aug. 16/3: I’m a bit doubtful about the Tassie ram.
1957		J.M. Hosking ‘People of Aus.’ Aus. First and Last 93: With the Tassie girls and beer / You can always have good cheer.
1984		(ref. to 1930s) V. Darroch On Coast 80: Nothing could be finer / Than to scrub a Tassie liner.
1986		R.G. Barrett Real Thing 140: What about the Tassie scallops? How good are they?
1993		M.B. ‘Chopper’ Read How to Shoot Friends 15: It is the sort of thing which can only happen in jail, and a Tassie jail at that.