Rivet Events

29 Sept

Conversations with a Guide: Piracy on the Brig Cyprus

Join Port Arthur Guide Josh as he shares an intriguing tale of a group of convicts, led by the self-styled 'Captain William Swallow' who boldly escape from Van Diemen's land and pirate a ship to feudal Japan.
6 Oct

Conversations with a Guide: Sails, Ships and Dockyards

Join Port Arthur Guide Carl as he brings to life stories of the long-vanished industry of the Port Arthur Dockyards
13 Oct

Conversations with a Guide: Take Your Medicine

Changes over time in Van Diemen's Land Convict Department medical practices from Sarah Island to the Port Arthur penal colony
20 Oct

Conversations with a Guide: One Born Every Minute

Insights never before shared - what the Tasman Birth Register tell us about the 570 or more babies born in and around Port Arthur during the time of the convict colony.
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Rivet Programs

9 -17 Oct

Peninsula Art Exhibition

Local Peninsula Art Group exhibition on display in the Asylum / Town Hall
26 Sept - 8 Oct

Far From Home – Family Tour

These school holidays visit the Port Arthur Historic Site with your family and join a new tour where children can learn why Britain shipped their criminals halfway across the world, and what the voyage was like.
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