" We visited the Port Arthur Historic Site where we solemnly remembered the stark history of the Convict Transportation Era. Upon arriving back to Hobart we followed up our Convict Transportation History with a visit to the Female Factory... We ended our wonderful day of exploring and le...
Learn about Point Puer (the juvenile boys prison), the Isle of the Dead graveyard and the Port Arthur timber industry while enjoying a short, scenic harbour cruise to view the site as incoming convicts would have. Next, we leave the Tasman Peninsular for our journey up the very east coast...
(Arthur McLaglen), the fictional counterpart of Alexander Pearce who absconded from the Sarah Island penitentiary in 1822 and devoured his fellow escapees when starving in the wilderness. Pearce’s ill-fated comrades are thus the first cinematic victims of what Haynes terms ...