 Sarah Island in Macquarie Harbour | |
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| Location | Macquarie Harbour, Tasmania. |
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| Coordinates | 42°23′16″S 145°26′55″E / 42.387889°S 145.448611°E |
| Status | Abandoned |
| Security class | Penal colony |
| Opened | 1822 |
| Closed | 1833 |
| Managed by | British Government |
| Governor | Lt Governor William Sorell (1822–24) Lt Governor George Arthur (1824–33) |
The Macquarie Harbour Penal Station, a former British colonial penal settlement, established on Sarah Island, Macquarie Harbour, in the former colony of Van Diemen's Land, now Tasmania, operated between 1822 and 1833. The settlement housed male convicts, with a small number of women housed on a nearby island. During its 11 years of operation, the penal colony achieved a reputation as one of the harshest penal settlements in the Australian colonies. The former penal station is located on the eight-hectare (twenty-acre) Sarah Island that now operates as a historic site under the direction of the Tasmania Parks and Wildlife Service.[1]
- ^ "Sarah Island: Visitor Services Site Plan 2006". Tasmania Parks and Wildlife Service. 7 March 2006. p. 1. ISBN 0-7246-6381-9. Archived from the original on 15 March 2017. Retrieved 4 July 2017.