Restoration Work
The last prisoners left Port Arthur in the 1870s and the penitentiary was subsequently damaged by a bushfire in 1897 but until the 1960s little was done to preserve Port Arthur. Today inside the penitentiary there has been much work to allow the building not only be accessible but also to support the building to minimise future decay
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Jayne on
Sat, 28th Mar 2009 9:25 am
It’s sad how the changing fashions of attitudes towards our convict past influenced the remnants of our heritage.
One chap thinks the Beechworth Gaol should be demolished and suggested people in Victoria could travel to Port Arthur to see examples of the cruel penal system instead!
