On 27 January 1892, an earthquake occurred at Port Arthur.

The Tasmanian Mail reported:

“The inhabitants of this port were much alarmed by a violent shock of an earthquake. It began as a low rumbling at 2.45 a.m., followed by a slight shock, the rumbling increasing in intensity for something like 10 or 12 seconds, when the second and heaviest shock occurred. There vibrated and shook in an alarming manner, and many … rushed out of the verandahs in fear. A large brick wall [at the Parsonage] is badly damaged and ready to fall.”

Bibliography
  • Cameron, David W. (2021), Convict-Era Port Arthur: Misery of the Deepest Dye, Penguin Random House, Australia.
  • Weidenhofer, M (1981), Port Arthur: A Place of Misery, Oxford University Press, Melbourne.

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