Port Arthur (Tas.)
- Local Government Area
- Tasman
- Postcode
- 7182
- Population
- 247
- Area
- 56.50 km²
- Coordinates
- -43.1464, 147.8356
- Data
- Based on Australian Bureau of Statistics ASGS boundaries, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
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About Port Arthur (Tas.)
Port Arthur is a town and former convict settlement on the Tasman Peninsula, in Tasmania, Australia. It is located approximately 97 kilometres (60 mi) southeast of the state capital, Hobart. The site forms part of the Australian Convict Sites, a World Heritage property consisting of 11 remnant penal sites originally built within the British Empire during the 18th and 19th centuries on fertile Australian coastal strips.
Description from Wikipedia, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Nearby localities
- Highcroft 5 km
- Stormlea 6 km
- Koonya 8 km
- Cape Raoul 8 km
- Fortescue (Tas.) 9 km
- White Beach 9 km