Port Arthur and the Tasman Peninsula
December 13th 2010 Port Arthur was a convict settlment in from 1830 to 1877. Most of the convicts were sent to the Island from England, some were sent from Ireland, even north America. Some were sent for suspision of theft, others for more serious crimes. Some were very young, and some very old.
The historic site of Port Arthur contains 30 or more buildings that made up the original settlement. There was a ho
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