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The Port Arthur Historic Site offers many activities for families to enjoy together. Wander through the old houses and let the kids marvel at the way people used to live, or drop by our Education Centre to see what’s happening.

There is enough to keep both the young and old occupied!

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  • Port Arthur Historic Site
    Arthur Highway
    Port Arthur
    Tasmania 7182
    Australia

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Port Arthur Historic Site
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Port Arthur Historic Site is a special place of complex history, heritage and compelling stories. It is a place of global significance and one of the 11 places that together form the UNESCO Australian Convict Sites World Heritage Property.

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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.