Apr 28, 1996 · The Port Arthur water-powered flour mill and granary had first been suggested in 1839, with the authorities facing the imminent introduction of probation. The suggestions of the …

Port Arthur is a town and former convict settlement on the Tasman Peninsula, in Tasmania, Australia. It is located approximately 97 kilometres (60 mi) southeast of the state capital, Hobart.

Jul 24, 2021 · Port Arthur on the Tasman Peninsula in Tasmania grew from a small timber station in 1830 into Australia’s most brutal penal settlements until it closed in 1877. Today it’s …

Port Arthur, inlet of the Tasman Sea on the south coast of the Tasman Peninsula, Tasmania, Australia. It is known for the settlement established there in 1830 by George Arthur as the …

From commandants to convicts, soldiers, servants, and shipwrights, these are the people whose footsteps you will walk in when you visit Port Arthur Historic Site. In 1840, twenty year-old …

Visit us to meet some of the people who have passed through this place, walk where their stories unfolded, and learn about Port Arthur’s evolution from a feared convict settlement to a World …

Port Arthur has celebrated more than 100 years as a Gulf Coast city, but its timeline is only a fraction of the greater history of the region’s inhabitants. The shores of Sabine Lake have been …

In 1834 Point Puer was established across the bay from Port Arthur at the behest of Lieutenant-Governor George Arthur. Here convict boys arriving in the colony were segregated from the …

Jun 12, 2016 · The prison settlement on Point Puer, a promontory in Opossum Bay, Port Arthur, Tasmania, Australia, was established to cater for boys sentenced to penal servitude by the …

Port Arthur was established in 1830 by Lieutenant-Governor Arthur (after whom it was named) to deal with secondary criminals. And, just to compound the misery in the area, from 1834 - …