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Port Arthur, Tasmania
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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.
View of Port Arthur, Tasmania, one of the 11 penal sites constituting the Australian Convict Sites
View of Port Arthur, Tasmania, one of the 11 penal sites constituting the Australian Convict Sites
Penitentiary and Mount Arthur, Tasmania, ca. 1880, by Anson Brothers
Penitentiary and Mount Arthur, Tasmania, ca. 1880, by Anson Brothers
Interior of Model Chapel, Port Arthur, Tasmania, ca. 1880, by Anson Brothers
Interior of Model Chapel, Port Arthur, Tasmania, ca. 1880, by Anson Brothers
The tidal portion of Radcliffe Creek
The tidal portion of Radcliffe Creek
Convicts in Australia
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Between 1788 and 1868 the British penal system transported about 162,000 convicts from Great Britain and Ireland to various penal colonies in Australia.
Convicts in Sydney, 1793, by Juan Ravenet
Convicts in Sydney, 1793, by Juan Ravenet
William Hogarth's Gin Lane, 1751.
William Hogarth's Gin Lane, 1751.
Prison hulks in the River Thames, England, 1814
Prison hulks in the River Thames, England, 1814
The First Fleet arrives in Botany Bay, 21 January 1788, by William Bradley (1802).
The First Fleet arrives in Botany Bay, 21 January 1788, by William Bradley (1802).