1306 AU - Australian Convict Sites (2010)

Brief Description

"The property includes a selection of 11 penal sites, among the thousands established by the British Empire on Australian soil in the 18th and 19th centuries. The sites are located on the fertile costal strip, where the expanding colonial settlements of which the convict sites were central part , led to large-scale disruption and conflict and with the aboriginal peoples, This was mainly around Sydney and in Tasmania, as well as on Norfolk Island and in Fremantle. They housed tens of thousands of men, women and children condemned by British justice to transportation to the convict colonies. Each of the sites had a specific purpose, in terms both of punitive imprisonment and of rehabilitation through forced labour to help build the colony. The property presents the best surviving examples of large-scale convict transportation and the colonial expansion of European powers through the presence and labour of convicts."

澳大利亚监狱遗址
"18世纪和19世纪时，大英帝国在澳大利亚设立了数千所监狱。“澳大利亚监狱遗址”选取了其中的11座殖民监狱。它们主要 位于悉尼附近和塔斯马尼亚岛上，但也有几所设在诺福克岛和弗里曼特尔市，其所在地大多是原住民已被驱逐了的、肥沃的海岸地区。这些监狱关押过被英国法院放 逐到澳洲殖民地的成千上万名男性、女性和儿童。每座监狱都有自身的用途，它们或是惩罚性的监禁，或是让犯人通过劳动教养协助殖民的建设。“澳大利亚监狱遗 址”是现存的大规模驱逐罪犯出境以及欧洲列强通过流放犯人和强制劳动进行殖民扩张的最佳例证。"

Source UNESCO WH website http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1306

1306-001     Kingston and Arthur`s Vale Historic Area (“KAVHA”)
1306-002     Old Government House and Domain (“Old Government House”)
1306-003     Hyde Park Barracks
1306-004     Brickendon and Woolmers Estates (“Brickendon- Woolmers”)
1306-005     Darlington Probation Station (“Darlington”)
1306-006     Old Great North Road
1306-007     Cascades Female Factory (“Cascades”)
1306-008     Port Arthur Historic Site (“Port Arthur”)
1306-009     Coal Mines Historic Site (“Coal Mines”)
1306-010     Cockatoo Island Convict Site (“Cockatoo Island”)
1306-011     Fremantle Prison

 Courtesy of Helent from postcrossing forum

  1306-001 Kingston and Arthur`s Vale Historic Area

Courtesy of Castor from postcrossing forum

1306-003 Hyde Park Barracks

Courtesy of Carole from Australia

1306-003 Hyde Park Barracks interior

Courtesy of Helent from postcrossing forum

1306-07 Cascades Female Factory (“Cascades”)

Courtesy of Laurent6 from postcrossing

1306-008 Port Arthur Historic Site (“Port Arthur”)

 Courtesy of Helent from postcrossing forum

1306-011     Fremantle Prison