The Penitentiary Ruin | Port Arthur, Tasmania
In the early days of the penal settlement, convicts were housed in rough timber huts in the area next to the police station. As convict numbers increased, the flour mill and granary was converted into a four-storey penitentiary. The Penitentiary’s two lower floors contained 136 cells for ‘prisoners of bad character’. The top floor provided space for 480 better behaved convicts to sleep in bunks.
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The Penitentiary Ruin | Port Arthur, Tasmania
In the early days of the penal settlement, convicts were housed in rough timber huts in the area next to the police station. As convict numbers increased, the flour mill and granary was converted into a four-storey penitentiary. The Penitentiary’s two lower floors contained 136 cells for ‘prisoners of bad character’. The top floor provided space for 480 better behaved convicts to sleep in bunks.
#tasmania #australia #visitaustralia #tassie #portarthur #portarthurhistoricsite #nature #penitentiaryruin