Australian Convict Sites

Australian Convict Sites

UNESCO World Heritage Site
View of Port Arthur, Tasmania one of the 11 penal sites constituting the Australian Convict Sites
Location	Australia
Criteria	Cultural: (iv), (vi)
Reference	1306
Inscription	2010 (34th Session)
Area	1,502.51 ha (3,712.8 acres)
Buffer zone	3,746.68 ha (9,258.2 acres)
Coordinates	33°22′42″S 150°59′40″E / 33.37833°S 150.99444°E / -33.37833; 150.99444
Location of Australian Convict Sites in Earth

"Australian Convict Sites" is a World Heritage Site which includes the remains of 11 places used in the transportation of convicts to Australia. This was a plan by the British government to move thousands of prisoners from England to Australia. It started with the sending of the First Fleet to Sydney in 1788 and continued for about eighty years. The Australian Convict Sites include places in Sydney, Tasmania, Norfolk Island, and Fremantle. These show:^[1]

" .. the best surviving examples of large-scale convict transportation and the colonial expansion of European powers through the presence and labour of convicts."

All the sites were all individually included on the Australian National Heritage List before being put on the World Heritage list in 2010.

1. ↑ UNESCO's World Heritage "Australian Convict Sites" webpages Accessed 2 August 2010