Your guide to Port Arthur (Tasmania) Australia

Guest Author — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 01:55:32 +0000

Most people know that convicts were sent to Australia…but how much do you really know? Here’s our guide to Port Arthur – the penitentiary where the very worst of male convicts ended their days. Where is Port Arthur? Port Arthur is on the island of Tasmania, off the south east coast of Australia. As if that wasn’t remote enough, it is situated on the south east corner of the island, about 75km from Hobart. When Port Arthur was built, Tasmania was still called “Van Diemen’s Land”. The first European to explore Tasmania was a Dutchman called Abel Tasman. He called...

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Your guide to Port Arthur (Tasmania) Australia