Port Arthur News (Tasmania, Australia)

Links between the Port Arthur Historic Site and a major World Heritage-listed treasure in western China are being strengthened this month, with a visit to the convict-era site by three Chinese guiding staff.

Brave souls who need more than the regular Ghost Tour to achieve their chills and thrills now have the opportunity to investigate the paranormal aspect of Port Arthur in an exciting new late night, adults-only Paranormal Investigation Experience.

An exciting new interactive visitor experience at the Cascades Female Factory Historic Site is bringing the extraordinary story of the women and children who were incarcerated at the now World Heritage-listed site to life for visitors.

Are you looking for a wonderful spot to enjoy a picnic on Christmas Day? Tasmania’s leading cultural heritage tourist attraction, the Port Arthur Historic Site, will be open from 9.00am until 3.30pm on December 25.

Port Arthur’s Penitentiary is arguably one of Tasmania’s, even Australia’s, defining images, particularly in terms of tourism and heritage. In the promotion of tourism the Penitentiary is up there with Uluru, the Opera House & Cradle Mountain.

Tasmania's Minister for Heritage, Brian Wightman MP, today officially opened the new jetty on the Isle of the Dead at Port Arthur, facilitating access for around 23,000 visitors who tour the island each year.

Fresh from being named Tasmania’s Best Major Tourism Attraction at the recent Tasmanian Tourism Awards, the Port Arthur Historic Site has received more plaudits.

The Port Arthur Historic Site offering FREE ENTRY for kids accompanied by the family (2 adults and up to six children under 18) on Saturdays from 24 September to 17 December.

These school holidays the Education Centre at the Port Arthur Historic Site will be buzzing with engaging activities to keep kids busy, and they enjoy the fun of learning.

The Port Arthur Historic Site Management Authority (PAHSMA) is celebrating the gift of a significant collection of records and artefacts belonging to a former Commandant at the penal settlement, James Boyd.

Port Arthur's farming heritage generally takes a back seat to its history of crime and punishment. But in the early 1870s Port Arthur was a productive agricultural settlement, with crops and livestock - including, for a few months in 1871, an elk!

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The Port Arthur Historic Site is the place to be this Easter, with plenty of engrossing ways for the whole family to engage with our convict heritage.

Do you have memories, photos, diaries, letters, stories or oral histories relating to our major convict heritage sites that you would like to share?

Staff at the Port Arthur Historic Site Management Authority (PAHSMA) have been working to reduce overall environmental impacts across the organisation, with very positive early results.

Over three days, the Port Arthur Historic Site will play host to a glorious outdoor performance by Australia's internationally celebrated Strange Fruit.

Muttonbirds have, up to now, been known as the most prolific seabird in the Southern Hemisphere. However, eight consecutive years of field research on Wedge Island on the Tasman Peninsula has shown a 66% decline in their breeding population.

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British soldiers guarded prisoners at settlements like Port Arthur, but soldiers were not immune from conviction and punishment if they transgressed military law. Dr Philip Hilton will share his research into this fascinating area of history.

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Are you looking for a wonderful spot to enjoy a picnic on Christmas Day? Tasmania’s leading cultural heritage tourist attraction, the Port Arthur Historic Site, will be open from 9.00am until 3.30pm on December 25.

Convicts at Port Arthur’s notorious prison may have received sentences of a few months to many years, but few were here as long as Peter, John and Michael Roche.

The last financial year saw many significant developments and advances for the Port Arthur Historic Site Management Authority (PAHSMA), despite the challenges arising from the global financial situation of the past two years.

Whether you are a regular visitor or someone who hasn’t been here in years, visiting the Port Arthur Historic Site this September is a great idea, for many reasons.