Articles related to "Penal Settlement"

Visit Australia's convict past at Port Arthur Historic Site on the Tasman Peninsula near Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. Free tours are offered with a two-day entry pass.

Perched under the Sydney Harbour Bridge, The Rocks is an adventurous playground for adults and children to explore, indulge and feel the freedom of open space.

Port Arthur, a restored convict penal settlement on the Tasman Peninsula, near Hobart, Tasmania, Australia has on offer several excellent and cheap tours of the site.

The Bridge Climb takes you high above the skyscrapers for a view of one of the loveliest harbours in the world. Built 75 years ago it is one of Sydney's main attractions.

In 1828 a teller at the Bank of Australia discovered that thieves had tunnelled into the vault and stolen £14,000, infuriating authorities and amusing the general public.

Bribie Island was a fertile home to the Gubbi Gubbi Aboriginal people until European settlement in the 1860s. Today, Bribie is a Brisbane island tourist playground.

Thousands of prisoners served time on Devil's Island and thousands died there, whether by starvation, overwork, execution or disease.

Each Australian state has lots to offer those travelling down under. The NSW tourist or outback tourist won't be disappointed, but see what other states can offer, too.