Port Arthur, Tasmania c. 1880. It was founded in 1830 as a convict settlement and functioned as a timber-getting camp, producing sawn logs for government projects, and employing "secondary offenders" as its workforce - History Education Network

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Port Arthur, Tasmania c. 1880. It was founded in 1830 as a convict settlement and functioned as a timber-getting camp, producing sawn logs for government projects, and employing “secondary offenders” as its workforce

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