Colony buildings

Port Arthur Historic Site

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January 23rd 2017
Today we traveled to the Port Arthur World Heritage Site, a penal colony established in 1830 as a punishment station for repeat offenders for prisoners sent to Australia by the British. Prisoners were sent to Australia to serve as indentured servants for various settlement activities. Prisoners who performed their sentence without problem, were eventually given their freedom and settled Australia. ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Tasmania

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Aboriginal settlers arrived on the continent from Southeast Asia about 40,000 years before the first Europeans began exploration in the 17th century. No formal territorial claims were made until 1770, when Capt. James COOK took possession in the name... ... read more