The remains of the old coal mine site

Only rubble mostly remains on the old coal mine site spread over a large area. This was the accomodation area for prisoners and staff, the mining was at the top of the hill with rail track still visible to the jetty for supplies and loading the coal.

Port Arthur and Peninsula

March 9th 2012
We left the camp and A&M at Port Arthur and took the peninsula loop road to White Beach near Nubeena to take a look then headed for the Coal Mines at Norfolk Bay . This was a location that prisoners were sent from Port Arthur if they were very bad or recidivist offenders. They were put to hard labour down deep shafts digging coal which was brought to the surface manually. The site consisted of man ... read more

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