From hellhole to haven: tourism development
Mason Cove seen from Carnarvon Bay Track
Mason Cove of Port Arthur
Arrivel to Port Arthur
Walros plattform on the rocks on the island
Betsey Island
Betsey Island near Hobart
Derwent Lighthouse out the Hobart's bay
Diamond Princess on dock in Hobart's harbor
In the harbor of Hobart
Hobart's Harbor in morning mood
Overland on the way to Launceston
Landscape in eastern Tasmania
Landscape at the east coast of Tasmania
Lake by Mayfield near Grindelwald
Launceston
Rex Air, the flight connection to Tasmania
Stop-frozen pedestrians in Queen St
State library of Victoria
Look upwards the skyscraper
Eureka Tower at the Yarra River
Parliament house in Melbourne
Intersection Collins St
Inside the Penitentiary
A cell in the Penitentiary of Port Arthur
Asylum center and a separate prison behind
Penitentiary of Port Arthur
Convict-built church at Port Arthur
Isle of the Dead
Panorama vista to Taranna bay
Suburban municipality of Hobart
Tasman bridge in Hobart
Franklin Wharf along Hobart's harbor
Floating restaurant in Hobart's harbor
Famous restaurant at the harbor dock
Fishing boats in the harbor
Marina in Hobart
Marina in Hobart
Shopping arcade near Elisabeth Mall
Shopping arcade Elisabeth Mall
The very narrow KODAK house
In St Davids Park in Hobart
In the St Davids Park in Hobart
Local people in the St Davids Park
Walkers at the Salamanca Market
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View into the yards of Penitentiary
Despite its reputation as a pioneering institution for the new, enlightened view of imprisonment, Port Arthur was still in reality as harsh and brutal as other penal settlements. Some critics might even suggest that its use of psychological punishment, compounded with no hope of escape, made it one of the worst. Some tales suggest that prisoners committed murder (an offence punishable by death) just to escape the desolation of life at the camp. The Island of the Dead was the destination for all who died inside the prison camps. Of the 1646 graves recorded to exist there, only 180, those of prison staff and military personnel, are marked. The prison closed in 1877.
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