The History of Port Arthur
The History of Port Arthur It's all gaol, ghosts and gothic allure as we delve into the dark history of our most infamous penal colony, Port Arthur. Operating between 1830-1877, it had the reputation for being the destination for the hardest of convicts. Port Arthur historian Andrew Smith joins Tre…
- Record ID
- 3,988
- Year
- 2,016
- Source
- Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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- Public search-ready
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- Record ID
- 3988
- Source
- Australian Broadcasting Corporation
- Publication
- ABC; Overnights
- Published
- 2016-07-17
- Narrative type
- Ghost and Apparition Accounts
- Public-text label
- ghosts
- Archive period
- Digital Era
- Location
- Port Arthur Historic Site, TAS (TAS): B
- State or territory
- TAS
- Source voice
- Place First Public Media Record
- Publicness
- Public Media Page
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The History of Port Arthur It's all gaol, ghosts and gothic allure as we delve into the dark history of our most infamous penal colony, Port Arthur. Operating between 1830-1877, it had the reputation for being the destination for the hardest of convicts. Port Arthur historian Andrew Smith joins Trevor for a unique insight into Tasmania's top tourist attraction. In 1872 English novelist Anthony Trollope claimed that no man desired to see the "strange ruins" of Tasmania's Port Arthur. Was he wrong? Operating between 1830 and 1877, it became our most infamous penal
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