“More than 2,000 prisoners and hundreds of officials – soldiers, doctors, lawyers and administrators – and their families called Port Arthur home.” Here, convicts undertook a range of ...

Ahmad Acrond was indicted back on March 11, 2022 after he admitted to the fatal stabbing of Chaddric Lanes after an argument according to court documents.

Harsh punishments were used to ensure convicts in the colony followed the rules. Those who broke rules would be flogged with 25, 50 or even 100 lashes. In Port Arthur, Tasmania, convicts were ...

Convict railway, Port Arthur, Tasmania, 1830 Date: 1830 Source: NATIONAL ARCHIVES A Supreme Court was established in 1824 and n the verdict of the court a convict named Alexander Pearce was hung ...