During the first half of the 19th century Britain sent unwanted convicts to Tasmania. Remains of the penal settlements can be seen at Port Arthur, Sarah Island, Ross, Maria Island, Saltwater River (Tasman Peninsula), Eaglehawk Neck historic site and other places. Some convicts had trained in the professions and the trades, including architecture and building, and many of Tasmania’s notable older buildings were designed and built by convicts or former convicts.
It is fortunate that, for various reasons, buildings of each historic phase remain. Tasmania´s rich heritage is not confined to Hobart and Launceston. Richmond, Ross, Evandale, Latrobe, Hamilton and Oatlands are particularly noted for their fine collections of historic architecture. But there is hardly a town without its examples of early timber houses and shops, Georgian, Regency, Federation, Victorian Revival and Italianate ’wedding cake’ styles (especially in church and civic buildings and the large houses of the rich) and fine examples of 1930s houses and cinemas - the ’ocean liner’ style.

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