Port Arthur
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Port Arthur
Port Arthur Historic Site: Between 1830 and 1877 about 12,500 transported convicts were imprisoned at Port Arthur, many of the sandstone prison buildings remain and have been preserved. There are day and evening guided tours of the historic site (125 hectares/309 acres), giving you an impression of what life might have been like in the 1800s for the convicts, soldiers and civilians. One in seven convicts at Port Arthur died there - you can take a cruise to the Isle of the Dead, where convicts and civilians were buried (you need to make special arrangements to go ashore).
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4/4/2009 5:15:02 AMLorraine and Shaz said:
Been here down the boat trip from Hobart to Port Arthur WHAT a great time and was very interesting.
Worth the money.When you go out from Port Arthur on the boat to the small island and have a look.(The Isle of the Dead) Dont be afraid its stories and Grave yard and head stones.all flat good walk. You catch the next boat into Port Arthur.
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