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Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Book - STRAUCH COLLECTION: PORT ARTHUR 1830 - 1877
... Tasmania-history-convicts-Port Arthur... HISTORY Australian convicts Tasmania-history-convicts-Port Arthur ...Port Arthur 1830 - 1877 by Ian Brand published by Jason Publications Tasmania, soft cover 77 pages with black & white photographs, illustration and maps.Ian Brandhistory, australian, convicts, tasmania-history-convicts-port arthur -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Book - STRAUCH COLLECTION: PORT ARTHUR IN 1842
Initially set up as a timber station in 1830 and manned by convicts, in 1833 it became a prison for secondary offenders. It was supposedly an example of improvements in the prison system but in fact was a place of intense punishment and slave labour. It also included a boy's prison.An Excursion to Port Arthur in 1842 by David Burn, booklet containing 22 pages with a black and white illustration.australia, history, port arthur, australia - history - tasmania - port arthur