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What’s On

Tours, events and daily happenings at Port Arthur

Guide talks at Port Arthur

We offer a number of free guides around the historic site. These talks change locations and times daily. We recommend that you refresh your screen to display the most up-to-date information.

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.

What’s on

Upcoming events and tours on offer at Port Arthur Historic Site.

A Port Arthur Guide in uniform gestures towards the ruins of the Penitentiary watched in interest by two visitors

Port Arthur Essentials Tour

Port Arthur was a bold experiment and ground-breaking attempt at reform of convicts in the colony. Join our expert guide as they share the essential history and characters who lived, worked, and served their time here. The Port Arthur Essentials Tour runs for approximately 45 minutes and is our most accessible tour with only a…
Available in addition to standard site entry fees.
guide conduction tour of the cemetery island

Isle of the Dead cemetery tour

Step off the Harbour Cruise for a 40-minute guided tour around the final resting place for many convicts, soldiers and free settlers.
Available in addition to standard site entry fees.

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WHILE YOU’RE HERE

EXPLORE OUR OTHER SITES

Port Arthur Historic Site is a 90-minute drive from nipaluna / Hobart, and the journey offers some of the best sightseeing in lutruwita / Tasmania. Visit The Coal Mines Historic Site at Saltwater River, and visit The Cascades Female Factory in South Hobart upon your return.

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Cascades Female Factory

Cascades Female Factory Historic Site aims to foster a greater understanding and appreciation for the largely untold story of female convicts and their children.

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Coal Mines Historic Site

The Coal Mines Historic Site is an outstanding example of the 19th-century European global strategy of using the forced labour of convicts.

Acknowledgement of country

We would like to acknowledge that the Port Arthur Historic Site is built on unceded Aboriginal land. We pay respect to the Palawa (Tasmanian Aboriginal) Community, their Elders past and present.