Australian Convict Sites

Overview

The property includes a selection of eleven penal sites, among the thousands established by the British Empire on Australian soil in the 18th and 19th centuries. The sites are spread across Australia, from Fremantle in Western Australia to Kingston and Arthur's Vale on Norfolk Island in the east; and from areas around Sydney in New South Wales in the north, to sites located in Tasmania in the south. Around 166,000 men, women and children were sent to Australia over 80 years between 1787 and 1868, condemned by British justice to transportation to the convict colonies. Each of the sites had a specific purpose, in terms both of punitive imprisonment and of rehabilitation through forced labour to help build the colony. The Australian Convict Sites presents the best surviving examples of large-scale convict transportation and the colonial expansion of European powers through the presence and labour of convicts.

Selection Criteria

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Components(11 locations)

• •Fremantle Prison1306-011
• •Hyde Park Barracks1306-003
• •Old Great North Road1306-006
• •Cascades Female Factory (“Cascades”)1306-007
• •Coal Mines Historic Site (“Coal Mines”)1306-009
• •Port Arthur Historic Site (“Port Arthur”)1306-008
• •Darlington Probation Station (“Darlington”)1306-005
• •Cockatoo Island Convict Site (“Cockatoo Island”)1306-010
• •Kingston and Arthur`s Vale Historic Area (“KAVHA”)1306-001
• •Old Government House and Domain (“Old Government House”)1306-002
• •Brickendon and Woolmers Estates (“Brickendon- Woolmers”)1306-004

Details

Countries

Australia

ISO Codes

AU

Area

1,502.51 ha

Coordinates

-33.3783, 150.9944