Port Arthur

April 28, 2008 by Greg
Filed under: Outside of Hobart 

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This is from Port Arthur and is one of Australia’s Premier attractions and an interesting place to visit unlike when it was a Penitentiary where it was a dark place to visit.

Sadly it has a more recent dark history when on this day in 1996, Martin Bryant launched a killing spree which cost 35 lives and left a further 37 wounded in what became known as the Port Arthur massacre. How many more were affected is anyone’s guess.

If you would like to see more of Port Arthur then please visit Port Arthur Photo, a photoblog i have recently started of the area

Comments

7 Comments on Port Arthur

  1. Curly on Mon, 28th Apr 2008 9:10 pm

    2. Great picture you have for us Greg, it conveys a sense of foreboding, today
    I’m offering a Big Thank You for CDP support.

    from South Shields Daily Photo

  2. tanya on Mon, 28th Apr 2008 9:32 pm

    3. What a dark history. I like the photo though. I’ve toured an old prison in Yuma, AZ and it was very disturbing. http://www.ghosttowns.com/states/az/yumaterritorialprison.html

  3. Greg on Mon, 28th Apr 2008 10:25 pm

    4. Hi Curly, it person it is many things including beautiful and foreboding

    Tanya – they do have ghost tours too but i am thinking there is a few too many ghosts there these days for my tastes. Oh and cameras aren’t allowed so how would i cope!

  4. Mary Stebbins Taitt on Tue, 29th Apr 2008 3:45 am

    5. A lovely photo for such a dark history! Beautiful. (Mary, Detroit Daily)

  5. Greg on Tue, 29th Apr 2008 6:03 pm

    6. Thanks Mary – glad you enjoyed seeing a little bit of history :-)

  6. kitty on Tue, 29th Apr 2008 10:01 pm

    7. wow, what a pretty location for a prison.
    I have yet to visit Australia. It sounds beautiful.

  7. Kelly on Wed, 30th Apr 2008 12:17 pm

    8. Very clever, true too, I think!

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