Australian Convict Sites

Australian Convict Sites
UNESCO World Heritage Site
View of Port Arthur, Tasmania one of the 11 penal sites constituting the Australian Convict Sites
LocationAustralia
CriteriaCultural: (iv), (vi)
Reference1306
Inscription2010 (34th Session)
Area1,502.51 ha (3,712.8 acres)
Buffer zone3,746.68 ha (9,258.2 acres)
Coordinates33°22′42″S 150°59′40″E / 33.37833°S 150.99444°E / -33.37833; 150.99444

Australian Convict Sites is a World Heritage property consisting of 11 remnant penal sites originally built within the British Empire during the 18th and 19th centuries on fertile Australian coastal strips at Sydney, Tasmania, Norfolk Island, and Fremantle; now representing "...the best surviving examples of large-scale convict transportation and the colonial expansion of European powers through the presence and labour of convicts".[1]

  1. ^ "Australian Convict Sites". World Heritage List. UNESCO. 2010. Retrieved 2 August 2010.