Asylum center and a separate prison behind
Mason Cove seen from Carnarvon Bay Track
Mason Cove of Port Arthur
A cell in the Penitentiary of Port Arthur
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Penitentiary of Port Arthur
Convict-built church at Port Arthur
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Port Arthur
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The Penitentiary
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Port Arthur
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Port Arthur
View Over The Penitentiary
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Houses At Port Arthur
The Old Church
The Old Church
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Port Arthur
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Isle of the Dead
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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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