Tasmanian Times
All posts tagged "Port Arthur"
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2.2KArticleDarkest Mystery – William Serjeantson and Henry Hunt
On Monday 30 November 1835, a murder occurred near Campbell Town, but it took several months, some corrupt falsehoods, and a good...
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Book Review – ‘Recovering Convict Lives’ (2021)
‘Recovering Convict Lives’ is a fascinating insight into the day-to-day lives of convicts at Port Arthur.
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Recovering Convict Lives: A Historical Archaeology of the Port Arthur Penitentiary
The Port Arthur Historic Site has launched a new book: ‘Recovering Convict Lives: A Historical Archaeology of the Port Arthur Penitentiary‘ based...
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Tasman Peninsula ‘Unlocked’
The Port Arthur Historic Site has launched a new campaign, ‘Tasman Unlocked’, inviting Tasmanians to stay longer and do more by ‘unlocking’...
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Recruitment Information Day at Port Arthur
The Port Arthur Historic Site held a Recruitment Information Day on Saturday 25 September 2021.
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Tas That Was – The Coal Mines Historic Site
Learn all about Tasmania’s first operational mine!
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Tas That Was – Pat Jones’ Cottage
This cottage was built at Port Arthur in 1942.
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Proposed Road Changes
Doctors Rocks by Inglis Media At last night’s Waratah-Wynyard Council meeting, councillors as a planning authority unanimously approved the state government’s designs...
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Book Review – ‘Convict-Era Port Arthur: Misery of the Deepest Dye’ (2021)
Callum J. Jones reviews David W. Cameron’s new book, “Convict-Era Port Arthur”.
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Tas That Was – Earthquake at Port Arthur
Did you know that an earthquake occurred at Port Arthur in the late nineteenth century?
