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The Separate Prison, Port Arthur

4.8
#5 of 11 in Historic Sites in Port Arthur
Historic Site · Hidden Gem · Landmark
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  • By S5076VZdaves
    the interactive veiw through the doors in some of the cells explaining the prisoners and there crimes were fasinating,the way the historians have reassembled the cells back to how they were is...  more »
  • By Roderick B
    This is my favourite building of all on the Port Arthur historic site, and the chapel in this building the room I find most interesting. A fascinating glimpse into the past of a novel, but failed...  more »
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  • By Elice Rebeccah
    We visited the Separate Prison as part of the ghost tour, and this was the most dreadful location on the tour. The stories of how they treated the prisoners here were more awful than any ghost story. Well worth a visit.
  • By Vic Fkiaras
    Awesome view into the way the world worked back in the day.
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