Tasmania Sarah Island Convict Settlement Tour, World Heritage Cruise on Gordon River 2018 (4K)
This video is about my trip to Sarah Island, Tasmania's earliest penal settlement, having been established in January 1822, and was intended to strike fear into the hearts of convicts. Unlike Port Arthur, where the aim was to rehabilitate lost souls, Sarah Island was intended as raw punishment reserved for the worst of convicts. The Sarah Island penal settlement was closed in 1833 after the establishment of the penitentiary at Port Arthur. Visitors can tour the island on one of several cruises into the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area, departing from Strahan.
Gordon River Cruise, Strahan, Sarah Island Convict Penal S'Ment, Tasmania, Australia
Accessible by boat, the Franklin-Gordon Wild Rivers NP offers spectacular reflections along the scenic Gordon River, a stroll through the unique Heritage Landing where the ancient Huon Pines can grow to an age of 2000+ years. Sarah Island the historic World Heritage listed convict penal settlement is also a must.
The 7 Puzzles of Sarah Island, Convict settlement - Tasmania, Australia
Meet passionate local thespian Kiah Davey. She’s spent the past 20 years performing in Australia’s longest running play. Originally written by her late father, Kiah proudly retells the story of ‘The Ship That Never Was’, at the Visitor Centre amphitheatre in the gorgeous village of Strahan on Tasmania’s west coast. See the harrowing true account of the great convict escape from Sarah Island, brought to life in this humorous and engaging play. On this day in October 2016 Kiah and a group of tourists walk in the footsteps of these convicts on the very island where they lived, worked and escaped.
Sarah Island Tasmania - Guided by Janelle in 2014
THE GUIDED TOUR OF SARAH ISLAND
What we are trying to do at present is to put together a detailed picture of all these people, what they did, how they related to each other, and above all how they responded to the harsh environment and the brutal treatment meted out for at least half of the period of the Settlement.
The Guided Tour offers a 'preview' of this complex picture and introduces you to some of the people of Sarah's Island.
The Tour has been researched and prepared by Richard Davey with the assistance of Dr. Hamish Maxwell-Stewart. It is presented by members of The Round Earth Company.
The guided tour is offered as part of the Full Day cruise on the Gordon River. These cruises are operated by World Heritage Cruises and Gordon River Cruises. For further details on how to book these cruises and join the Sarah Island guided tour, please contact:
World Heritage Cruises
Sarah Grining
PO Box 93, Strahan TAS 7468 Australia
Phone: 61 3 6471 7174
Fax: 61 3 6471 7431
Email: worldheritagecruises@tassie.net.au
Website: worldheritagecruises.com.au
The best convict sites in Tasmania you've never heard of
Sunday, 29 September 2019
The best convict sites in Tasmania you've never heard of | Sky Australia News
It's no secret Tasmanians are proud of their rich convict history, which draws in tourists from far and wide, but there's much more to Van Diemen's Land than the infamous penal settlement at Port Arthur.
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Port Arthur Penal Colony & Isle of the Dead, Tasmania, Australia
The convict penal colony features a Separate Prison used to shift troublemakers from physical punishment to psychological punishment. Of the 1646 graves recorded on Isle of the Dead only the 180 prison staff and military personnel are marked. Located 60 kms SE of Hobart, Port Arthur is officially Tasmania's top tourist destination.
Tasmania Island | Woodland Creatures
Tasmania is an island covered in dense rainforest, where, among the abrupt rises and falls of the landscape, hide creatures which, in the majority of cases exist nowhere else on the planet.
A zoological paradise, with numerous national parks, three of which are considered World Heritage Sites.
The first colonists to arrive in these lands were amazed at the strange appearance of all the animals – even the swans were black, rather than the white ones they were used to hunting back in Europe.
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There is a large population of black swans in continental Australia, Tasmania and New Zealand, where they were introduced by man.
Weighing almost nine kilos, and with a wingspan of nearly two metres, this male leaves us in no doubt that this is his territory.
Everywhere the strange creatures, like the Cape Barren goose, were evidence that this world was quite unlike anything they had seen before.
Each type of forest, every branch, has its specialists, who have evolved to best exploit the resources of the island. Isolation has made it possible to develop exclusive designs, adapted to particular ecological niches. The white cockatoo eats fruits, while the black, yellow–tailed cockatoo devours insect larvae, taking the place of the woodpeckers, which don’t exist here. Now he’s feeding his almost fully grown chick.
Apart from the bright colours, some birds look very familiar.
However, in the interior of the rainforests, hide others, of less conventional appearance.
The giant nightjar, or frogmouth, spends its days imitating a broken branch. And that’s discreet if we compare it with the flaming colours of the cockatoos.
But the real evolutionary winners on this island are a family of mammals which came to Australia from the forests of Gondwana.
Free from the predators of the outside world, the marsupials, like these grey kangaroos were able to diversify here in Australia. Almost all their close relatives who remained in America were devoured by the powerful enemies who invaded from the north.
Here, in safety, the marsupials have been able to conserve their own particular means of reproduction: a short gestation, and protective pouches in which they hide their young.
Mothers with balconies, whose children do not want to leave home.
Australia and Tasmania are now home to so may types of marsupial, that they have adapted to all environments, and all levels of the ecological pyramid; here marsupials occupy all those places where, in the rest of the world, we would find mammals with placentas.
This is proof that similar conditions and needs create morphologically similar forms: evolutionary convergence.
Without this, the kangaroos would be the equivalent of the deer in the northern hemisphere.
These many thousands of years of separate evolution gave this animal a different role from that of our badgers: this is the wombat.
Chubby and cute looking, the wombat also has its marsupial’s pouch, though with the opening at the back, so it doesn’t get full of soil when it digs. The first reports of them were brought back following a shipwreck, and they were described as a “kind of wild pig”.
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Island of dead, Tasmania
A cruise around isle of dead for convicts brought during 1800 along with the tour guide commentary!!
The Ship That Never Was - Tasmania - Australia
Play about the true story of ten convicts who escaped on a convict ship ...Great family fun with audience participation....Performed by The Round Earth Company since 1993. Strahan, Tasmania
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Study investigates convict history
University of Tasmania researchers are combining with their international counterparts to conduct an in-depth studies into Tasmania's convict history.
DISCOVER TASMANIA | Best Island On Earth!
Discover Tasmania. Tasmania is a small island south of Australian mainland and it is rich with convict history with early European settlers.
This travel film is dedicated to my beautiful little girl Azalea. What a wonderful place to visit and I recommend Tasmania to everyone
Tour Locations:
Mt Wellington- HOBART
Cascade Brewery- HOBART
Pirates Bay- EAGLEHAWK NECK
Tessellated Pavement- EAGLEHAWK NECK
Newdegate Cave- HASTINGS CAVES
Russell Falls- MOUNT FIELD
Hydro Power Station- TARRALEAH
The Wall- DERWENT BRIDGE
Flux Quarry- QUEENSTOWN
Gordon River Cruise- STRAHAN
Sarah Island- MACQUARIE HARBOUR
West Coast Wilderness Railway- QUEENSTOWN
Dove Lake- CRADLE MOUNTAIN
The Nut- STANLEY
Cataract Gorge- LAUNCESTON
Bay of Fires- BINNALONG BAY
Blow Hole- BICCHENO
Wine Glass Bay Lookout- Freycinet
East Coast Wilderness Park- BICCHENO
Spiky Bridge- SWANSEA
Richmond Bridge- RICHMOND
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Port Arthur, Tasmania - Convict Settlement
A photo image look at Port Arthur penal settlement.
The Port Arthur convict photographs 1870s
This report from ABC journalist Siobhan Heanue is full of errors on her part, and full of false claims and downright lies from her interviewee Edwin Barnard, the so-called author of a recent publication from the National Library of Australia called EXILED which features 20 mugshots of Tasmanian prisoners taken in the 1870s by commercial and police photographer Thomas J. NEVIN (1842-1923).
See this review at the NEVIN weblog(s):
The journalist Siobhan Heanue states that these men were photographed at the Port Arthur gaol in the 1850s. WRONG: they were photographed by T. J. NEVIN at the Hobart Gaol (the city prison) between 1871 and 1878.
The interviewee Edwin Barnard claims these police mugshots were hidden until hediscovered and unearthed them. WRONG: these mugshots were exhibited at the QVMAG Launceston Tas in 1977, and have been online at the National Library of Australia, and at the Archives Office of Tasmania since the early 1990s, and now also online at the QVMAG. Barnard and his sponsors the NLA liberally appropriated materials from the NEVIN weblogs written by Nevin descendants who analysed these mugshots online in 2005, and continue to provide accurate research based on AUTHENTIC documents. Barnard is no better than the thieves he fawns over in these mugshots
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Source: ABC TV broadcast 9 March 2011
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Face of brutality- the hidden Port Arthur photographs - ABC News (Australia
Tasmania Historical Sites | Top Historic Sites To Visit In Tasmania
Tasmania has so many historical sites to visit. For history buffs, its easy to get lost in time. Here are our top tasmania historical sites that we recommend.
Just a small sample include the Bruny Island Lighthouse, Ross Bridge, the Coal Mines in the Tasman Peninsula, Salamanca, Sarah Island, Richmond Bridge, Maria Island, Ross Female Factory, Willow Court in New Norfolk, the Shot Tower, the Real Tennis Club, and Woolmers Estate.
Why not visit Tasmania today? Learn more at Tasmania.com or visit for details on tours, activities and unforgettable experiences.
Don’t have the time to plan or book? Don’t know where to go or what to see? Check our concierge service at
Isle of the Dead Port Arthur Tasmania 1
Wearing the Gopro while taking a tour of the Island where they buried the dead of Port Arthur. The convicts didn't get head stones, there are at least 1100 people buried on the Isle. Sound is not good as it was raining and I used the water proof housing for the camera. Sometimes when you turn the sound way up you can hear a little bit.
Inspiring Journeys to Tasmania - The Forgotten Coast
Leave the mainland behind you on your 11 day journey of Tasmania and discover the wild and unspoilt beauty of the Island State. Your journey begins in Hobart where you'll explore the city sights before heading north east to the stunning Freycinet National Park. Discover beautiful Wineglass Bay by boat, by foot or by kayak: it's up to you. Travel north to the colourful Bay of Fires where the bright orange rocks contrast with the turquoise ocean. Visit Mt William National Park and enjoy a wine tasting en route to Launceston. Journey west and experience the wilderness of Cradle Mountain National Park. Choose to bushwalk around Cradle Mountain, go canoeing on Dove Lake or explore the park by horseback. Visit the Tarkine, an exquisite wilderness area in Tasmania's north west before travelling south to Strahan where you'll cruise the reflecting waters of the Gordon River and visit historic Sarah Island. Admire the views of Nelson Falls and Lake St. Clair and return to Hobart where your journey ends.
Gordon River Cruise
The Gordon River Cruise is something everyone needs to experience at least once. We went with my parents and had a fantastic time.
I went 14 years ago on the older red vessel, but this time we were lucky enough to cruise the Gordon River on the new black boat The Spirit of the Wild ... what a great boat!
65 nautical miles or 120 km was our journey for today in the 33.8m long catamaran launched in 2018 that has super quiet Diesel and electric engines
It’s a floating history lesson delivered by a few wonderful characters that light up the TV screens as you navigate the waters.
We departed Strahan at 8:30am and were on the water for 6 hours (including an hour on historical Sarah Island).
The Spirit of the Wild, powered out through MacQuarie Harbour to Hells Gates before cruising to the lower reaches of the Gordon River.
We couldn’t keep the smiles off our faces or the wind out of our hair as we passed by trout and salmon farms and the rugged rainforest landscape of the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area.
They switched off the diesel engines as we slid into and along the river. The silence and peace as we glided those glass-like waters was highlighted by a dramatic drop in the fierce winds we experienced in the harbour. What a contrast!
The tours of Heritage Landing and Sarah Island gave us a strong sense of going back in time.
Heritage Landing is a 30 minute nature walk where we followed a fairly new boardwalk through the temperate rainforest.
There are interpretative sign all along the way filled with information about the flora and fauna.
Sarah Island was a banishment settlement for the worst criminals sent directly from the transport ships in Hobart, those who’d escaped and been recaptured or had committed further crimes while serving a sentence.
It was also a slave labour camp where good quality ships and boats were built on the slips. For a while it was the largest operation of its kind in Australia with over 130 workboats being built and launched sideways on a slipway.
You can still see the large planks of wood under the water near the shore if you have a good pair of polarized sunnies. I couldn’t see anything until I put Chris’s Oakley’s on!
It’s lovely to take some time to stretch your legs, soak up the history and really breathe in the fresh air after the leisurely cruise down the calm waters of the river.
The buffet lunch was delicious, the boat was very new and quite impressive; the scenery was breathtaking and the staff were lovely. We can't rate this highly enough.
Natures heaven - Gordon River Tasmania by yacht
Tasmania's wild west coast - On board intrepid Banyandah see beautiful scenes of Sarah Is. most feared penal colony then sail to upper reaches of Gordon River - explore protest site of Gordon below Franklin dam and see the wilderness that would have been destroyed.
Isle of the Dead Cruise Port Arthur Tasmania
Port Arthur Historic Site in Tasmania offers a one hour harbour cruise to The Isle of the Dead and Point Puer Boys' Prison where tours may be taken. Background music is Grass by Silent Partner.
Port Arthur
Port Arthur is one of Australia's great tourism destinations. Every building, every feature of Port Arthur Historic Site has a story to tell.
Created with convict labour, the impressive architecture, delightful gardens and chilling prison facilities survive today for you to explore.
An additional layer of tragic significance was added to Port Arthur in April 1996, with a massacre that shocked the world. Port Arthur's close-knit community was devastated when a lone gunman took the lives of thirty-five people, wounding nineteen others.
The tragedy has become a prominent political milestone in Australia, leading to new Australian gun control laws that are among the strictest in the world.