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.
A Port Arthur Historic Site
Port Arthur is a town and former convict settlement on the Tasman Peninsula, in Tasmania, Australia.
Engine House
Ruined industrial structure on Maria Island, part of the 19th-century Darlington settlement.
Limestone Kilns
19th-century kilns on Maria Island used for cement production during the island's industrial era.
D Spiky Bridge
Convict-built bridge from the 1840s, constructed without mortar using fieldstones and featuring distinctive vertical stones along the parapet.
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.
Horton College
Horton College was a 19th-century independent Wesleyan Methodist boys' boarding school, at Mona Vale near Ross, Tasmania, Australia.
Sunk Ship
Remains of a vessel located in the ship graveyard near Strahan.
Abandoned copper mine
Archaeological site of a former copper mining operation in the Central Highlands.
Callington Mill
A restored 1837 tower windmill in Oatlands, notable as one of the few working examples of its type in the Southern Hemisphere.
Brick Kiln
Remains of a historic kiln used for local brickmaking in the Strahan region.
Sunk Ship
Remains of a historic vessel located in the ship graveyard near Strahan.
Country Womens Association Rotunda
A commemorative structure in Strahan dedicated to the local Country Women's Association branch.
The Religious Instructor's House
Stone ruins of the 19th-century residence for the religious instructor at the Maria Island convict settlement.
Workman's Cottage
Ruined 19th-century domestic dwelling on Maria Island, once part of the industrial-era housing.
Engineer's house
Remains of a residence built for the engineer of the Maria Island industrial works.
The Grand Hotel
Ruins of the 1880s hotel built during Maria Island's industrial boom led by Diego Bernacchi.
Well
Historic stone-lined water well on Maria Island used during the 19th century.
Limestone Kilns
Industrial ruins on Maria Island used for processing limestone for cement.
Ross Female Factory
Remains of a mid-19th-century penal site used to house and reform female convicts.
Early Surveyors - Centre of Tasmania
A monument marking the island's geographical center as calculated by colonial-era surveyors.
Long Marsh Site
Ruins of an 1840s convict probation station and an uncompleted stone dam in the Eastern Tiers.
Commandant's Residence site
Archaeological remains of the official residence at the Maria Island penal settlement.
Saltworks
Remains of the 1830s Lisdillon salt production facility near Little Swanport.
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