The Prison

This shows about 1/3 of the penal colony - on the left is the commander's house, with the prison on the right. If you look closely at the commander's house, you'll see two big windows facing the water on either side. Those are actually fake, built to make the prisoners think that the commander had a view of the port.

Port Arthur

November 11th 2012
Saying farewell to Hobart (and wishing we could stay an extra day or so), we drove the rental car to Port Arthur, one of the original penal colonies in Tasmania (or, in Van Deeman’s Land as it was called at the time). Now, when I say “penal colony,” bleak, Dickinsonian images may come to mind. But no. The Port Arthur penal colony sits on a beautiful clear bay surrounded by forested hills. On ... read more

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