Port Arthur penal station was established in 1830 as a timber getting camp, using convict labour to produce sawn logs for government projects
With the end of convict transportation to Van Diemen's land in 1853, Port Arthur became an institution for aging & physically & mentally ill convicts.
The penal settlement finally closed in 1877
& many of the building were dismantled or destroyed by bushfires
The Penitentiary 1857
Hospital 1842
Guard tower 1835
Commandant's House 1833 -1856
View from Commandants house
Inside the Commandants house
Penitentiary
Shipwrights house 1834
Boat took us for a 20 minute ride around the Isle of the Dead (1833)
Bob & I bought a "Ticket of Leave" pass for $6 each & we can return as many times as we like within the next 2 years
As my sister Robyn & her partner Arthur will be in Tassie on 1 December, & we will be coming here again, it was a good bargain. Normal price is $27
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