Port Arthur

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Port Arthur is a historic former penal settlement and popular heritage tourism site on Tasmania’s Tasman Peninsula in Australia.

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Port Arthur, Tasmania 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf former penal settlement
historic site
tourist attraction
annualVisitors hundreds of thousands of visitors per year
associatedWithEvent Port Arthur massacre NERFINISHED
climate cool temperate maritime climate
closedAsPenalSettlement 1877
country Australia
distanceFromHobart about 60 kilometres southeast
establishedAsPenalStation 1830
federalElectorate Lyons NERFINISHED
foundedBy British colonial authorities
George ArthurRole Lieutenant-Governor of Van Diemen’s Land NERFINISHED
heritageDesignation Australian National Heritage List NERFINISHED
historicalEra 19th century
localGovernmentArea Tasman Council NERFINISHED
locatedIn Tasmania NERFINISHED
southeastern Tasmania NERFINISHED
locatedNear Eaglehawk Neck NERFINISHED
locatedOn Tasman Peninsula NERFINISHED
locatedOnBodyOfWater Carnarvon Bay NERFINISHED
Mason Cove NERFINISHED
managedBy Port Arthur Historic Site Management Authority NERFINISHED
namedAfter George Arthur NERFINISHED
nearbyIsland Isle of the Dead NERFINISHED
Point Puer NERFINISHED
notableStructure Church ruins
Commandant’s House NERFINISHED
Dockyard
Guard Tower
Penitentiary building
Separate Prison NERFINISHED
partOf Port Arthur Historic Site NERFINISHED
PointPuerFunction boys’ prison
PortArthurMassacreConsequence major reform of Australian gun laws
PortArthurMassacreYear 1996
state Tasmania NERFINISHED
stateElectorate Lyons NERFINISHED
timeZone Australian Eastern Standard Time NERFINISHED
timeZoneDST Australian Eastern Daylight Time NERFINISHED
tourism major heritage tourism destination in Tasmania
touristActivity ghost tours
guided tours
harbour cruises
UNESCOTentativeListStatus part of Australian Convict Sites serial nomination background
usedAs penal colony
usedFor secondary punishment for reoffending convicts

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Southern Tasmania contains Port Arthur
Tasman Peninsula contains Port Arthur
Port Arthur Historic Site locatedIn Port Arthur
this entity surface form: Port Arthur, Tasmania