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PORT ARTHUR is a nationally recognised symbol of Australia's convict past. For many years it was one of British Empire's major penal settlements, and a notable industrial centre in the young colony of Van Diemen's Land.
Port Arthur was the centre of a complex of penal stations on the Tasman Peninsula. However, much more lies beyond these stark facts.
Port Arthur today is an evocative and exciting place. It features over thirty ruins, restored and period furnished houses set amongst forty hectares of beautiful grounds and gardens.
The structures and landscape of the Port Arthur Historic Site both natural and man made, are a powerful reminder of our early heritage

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