Historic sites in Tasmania

Tasmanian Historic Sites

Tasmania’s landscape is marked by its colonial and industrial history, featuring UNESCO World Heritage-listed convict sites like Port Arthur and the Ross Female Factory. This collection includes ruins of 19th-century infrastructure, such as the Maria Island limestone kilns and the convict-built Spiky Bridge. From abandoned copper and tin mines to maritime relics and early surveyor monuments, these sites document the island's transition from a penal colony to a thriving agricultural and mining hub.

Tasmanian Historic Sites — Map

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A

Port Arthur Historic Site

Port Arthur is a town and former convict settlement on the Tasman Peninsula, in Tasmania, Australia.

B

Engine House

Ruined industrial structure on Maria Island, part of the 19th-century Darlington settlement.

C

Limestone Kilns

19th-century kilns on Maria Island used for cement production during the island's industrial era.

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D

Spiky Bridge

Convict-built bridge from the 1840s, constructed without mortar using fieldstones and featuring distinctive vertical stones along the parapet.

E

Whale sculpture

A monument at Cockle Creek marking the site of a 19th-century whaling station.

F

Tin Mine

Remnants of historic tin mining operations in northeastern Tasmania.

G

Horton College

Horton College was a 19th-century independent Wesleyan Methodist boys' boarding school, at Mona Vale near Ross, Tasmania, Australia.

H

Sunk Ship

Remains of a vessel located in the ship graveyard near Strahan.

I

Abandoned copper mine

Archaeological site of a former copper mining operation in the Central Highlands.

J

Callington Mill

A restored 1837 tower windmill in Oatlands, notable as one of the few working examples of its type in the Southern Hemisphere.

K

Brick Kiln

Remains of a historic kiln used for local brickmaking in the Strahan region.

L

Sunk Ship

Remains of a historic vessel located in the ship graveyard near Strahan.

M

Country Womens Association Rotunda

A commemorative structure in Strahan dedicated to the local Country Women's Association branch.

N

The Religious Instructor's House

Stone ruins of the 19th-century residence for the religious instructor at the Maria Island convict settlement.

O

Workman's Cottage

Ruined 19th-century domestic dwelling on Maria Island, once part of the industrial-era housing.

P

Engineer's house

Remains of a residence built for the engineer of the Maria Island industrial works.

Q

The Grand Hotel

Ruins of the 1880s hotel built during Maria Island's industrial boom led by Diego Bernacchi.

R

Well

Historic stone-lined water well on Maria Island used during the 19th century.

S

Limestone Kilns

Industrial ruins on Maria Island used for processing limestone for cement.

T

Ross Female Factory

Remains of a mid-19th-century penal site used to house and reform female convicts.

U

Early Surveyors - Centre of Tasmania

A monument marking the island's geographical center as calculated by colonial-era surveyors.

V

Long Marsh Site

Ruins of an 1840s convict probation station and an uncompleted stone dam in the Eastern Tiers.

W

Commandant's Residence site

Archaeological remains of the official residence at the Maria Island penal settlement.

X

Saltworks

Remains of the 1830s Lisdillon salt production facility near Little Swanport.

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