a port arthur guide in uniform speaking to a group of visitors in the sandstone ruins of the Convict Church

Guide Talks at Port Arthur

Guide Talks at Port Arthur

Commandant’s House
PenitentiaryJunior Medical Officer’sConvict ChurchSeparate Prison
11.00am10.30am
12.00pm11.45am11.30am
1.30pm1.00pm1.30pm1.00pm
2.30pm2.00pm3.00pm2.00pm
3.30pm3.00pm

On this day: In 1836 at Port Arthur John Crawley “endeavoured to take a gimblet [sic] out of the artificers’ yard without authority” and was sentenced to 3 days on bread & water.