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There were no convict ships stationed there. Convicts were landed and the contracted transport ships departed.
The original Tasmanian penal settlement was located at Macquarie Harbour near Stachan on the west coast. Due to a variety of reasons, the Macquarie Harbour penal settlement was closed down and the occupants sent to Port Arthur on the Tasman Peninsula on the south east coast.
Logging in Tasmania started from the early 1800s, at least as early as the 1820s. Early convict settlements, such as those at Macquarie Harbour and Port Arthur employed convicts in the logging trade.
The convict prison on the Tasman Peninsula is Port Arthur.
Port Arthur is man-made. Port Arthur refers to the remains of an old convict gaol and the settlement nearby.
Historical site.
Port Arthur convict settlement.
One a convict settlement, it is today a tourist attraction.
The aboriginal name for the Port Macquarie area is Birbai.
The airport code for Port Macquarie Airport is PQQ.
Port Macquarie High School was created in 1961.
The motto of Port Macquarie High School is 'Learn To Live'.