Photos from a trip to the former Port Arthur convict settlement and the Tasman Peninsula c. 1910 by J. W. Beattie (1859-1930). Places shown include Tasman Island, Cape Pillar, Tasman's Arch, Port Arthur, the Isle of the Dead, Point Puer (the boys' prison) and Saltwater River (coal mines).
Port Arthur, along with other convict sites around Australia, has recently been added to the United Nations' World Heritage list.
Port Arthur Historic Site official website: http://www.portarthur.org.au
Tasman Peninsula website: http://www.tasmanpeninsula.com.au/
J. W. Beattie, Tasmanian photographer: http://adbonline.anu.edu.au/biogs/A070230b.htm
World Heritage register: http://whc.unesco.org/en/list
The Dare Island Enigma is an adventure novel concerning the Tasmanian Globster that was foind in the early sixties see video book trailer
dltanner99 1 year ago