tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post6109152339595021847..comments2024-03-29T15:04:20.549+11:00Comments on ART and ARCHITECTURE, mainly: Strahan Western Tasmania - from brutal convict colony to beautiful portHelshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-31326482772197527162021-06-13T20:04:47.141+10:002021-06-13T20:04:47.141+10:00Rachel
Transportation was thought of as a kind pu...Rachel<br /><br />Transportation was thought of as a kind punishment, instead of hanging. But the "crimes" people committed were actually very trivial eg theft, assault and prostitution. So we can be fairly certain that the petty crims were sent away for other reasons eg a] the ships removed the criminal element from British society and b] the colonies saved Britain from endless prison costs.<br /><br />Sarah Island's homepage said that in those first years of settlement, the convicts spent their days cutting timber, usually in chains, worse in the cold and rain. The barracks were so crowded that the inmates couldn’t sleep. Floggings were regular and the food so poor that scurvy and dysentery were rampant. <br /><br />Little better than slavery, except convict terms eventually ended with freedom; slavery never ended.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-14823631830945645072021-06-13T19:25:29.476+10:002021-06-13T19:25:29.476+10:00Interesting post Hels. Magwitch in Great Expectat...Interesting post Hels. Magwitch in Great Expectations was my first experience of learning of the hulks with the prisoners and finding out that eventually the hulks were sailed away to Australia. As a child watching Great Expectations on BBC at 5pm on a Sunday night I found it very frightening when Pip came across Magwitch. The industrial revolution made the British upper classes more scared of criminal elements moving to cities upsetting their lifestyles so they started to ship them to Australia to get rid of them. It was a terrible way to treat human beings and we should be ashamed of ourselves. Talk about slave ships and slavery, this was just as bad. Rachel Phillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16053924416805878169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-20463106021844011622021-06-13T16:25:16.156+10:002021-06-13T16:25:16.156+10:00Fun60
Good question! In the first 50 years of whi...Fun60<br /><br />Good question! In the first 50 years of white settlement, Britishers were brought here as free settlers or as convicts. Only when convicts finished their horrible sentence could they earn a living. Ticket-of-leave-holder-convicts were allowed to work for themselves, as long as they lived in a specified district.<br /><br />South Australia (1836) and Victoria (1850) ALWAYS remained convict-free colonies. Penal transportation to Australia peaked in the 1830s and dropped off as protests against the convict system intensified. So we can see what happened in those parts of Australia that were NOT treated as a prison colony by the British, by analysing South Australia and Victoria.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-43268087290503851712021-06-13T15:57:27.836+10:002021-06-13T15:57:27.836+10:00I often wonder what Australia would be like today ...I often wonder what Australia would be like today if the British had not treated it as a prison colony. No doubt its resources would still have been plundered and its indigenous people slaughtered.Fun60https://www.blogger.com/profile/08084441984556826917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-49015389131413795682021-06-13T12:10:23.534+10:002021-06-13T12:10:23.534+10:00Luiz
I am always so proud that Australia was a _B...Luiz<br /><br />I am always so proud that Australia was a _British_ colony, but those Brits treated their convicts like dirt :( At least Tasmania has documented the era very well.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-20729658771711036812021-06-13T06:47:24.073+10:002021-06-13T06:47:24.073+10:00Boa tarde Hels. A aula e matéria sobre a Tasmânia ...Boa tarde Hels. A aula e matéria sobre a Tasmânia ficou muito legal e interessante. Não conheço praticamente nada sobre essa parte da Austrália. Luiz Gomeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07701551526214852309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-66483110866528266552021-06-12T21:58:09.757+10:002021-06-12T21:58:09.757+10:00Andrew
depending on how much control we want ours...Andrew<br /><br />depending on how much control we want ourselves, on the _west coast_ I would normally recommend the trains, ferries and buses over driving independently. On the trains and cruises, for example, you can socialise with the other guests, listen to the commentaries in comfort, takes photos in your own time etc etc.<br /><br />If you want to travel to _other parts of Tassie_ as well, by all means take the car on the Melbourne ferry.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-72270385847960412021-06-12T20:26:05.103+10:002021-06-12T20:26:05.103+10:00I too had to use Google to see where Sarah Island ...I too had to use Google to see where Sarah Island is. We know Port Arthur. Not so much Sarah Island. <br />We have travelled the east coast and the centre of Tasmania. The west coast is for the future, an easy holiday for older gentlemen. Should we take the car on the ferry or take a coach tour.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-80249795133551817822021-06-12T19:24:15.661+10:002021-06-12T19:24:15.661+10:00Good on you, Parnassus
It is not often non-Austra...Good on you, Parnassus<br /><br />It is not often non-Australians know small towns like Strahan, Wynyard and Penguin. I would guess that a lot of Australians also don't know them. In fact when Bryant massacred all those people in Port Arthur 25 years ago, a lot of Australians had to find where Port Arthur was.<br /><br />Re my map, every town was indeed marked there. But to make the space much clearer for the blog, I deleted half of the names.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-5382189914240062422021-06-12T19:16:07.639+10:002021-06-12T19:16:07.639+10:00Train Man
Although the amazing views are the same...Train Man<br /><br />Although the amazing views are the same, I am glad we didn't have to drive in those rugged landscapes. The train ride was far less worrying and more comfortable. And you are right.. the commentary was essential!Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-22747464911496039702021-06-12T19:13:25.119+10:002021-06-12T19:13:25.119+10:00devonport bookshop,
perfect! I had known it was i...devonport bookshop,<br /><br />perfect! I had known it was important to see the old hotels established in the Queenstown and Strahan for their late 19th century architecture and interiors. But I hadn't thought about how important the pubs were as centres for socialising and creating community development.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-20780457885838519472021-06-12T18:03:13.102+10:002021-06-12T18:03:13.102+10:00Hello Hels, Your story and map prompted me to look...Hello Hels, Your story and map prompted me to look up the Google map of Tasmania. How impressive it is that the island seems to be practically all park and conserved wild areas, although dotted by hundreds of small towns. I wanted to locate Wynyard, because I have a bottle from there. It turned out to be close to Penguin, although since Wynyard has 5000 people to Penguin's 3000, I'm not sure why Penguin won out on your map!<br />--JimParnassushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08958901307538141468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-72980648857035965332021-06-12T17:31:07.603+10:002021-06-12T17:31:07.603+10:00The West Coast Wilderness Railway went through som...The West Coast Wilderness Railway went through some pretty rugged land, with excellent historical commentary. Jan and Feb were the best months to travel.Train Mannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-249817641645937252021-06-12T14:47:00.843+10:002021-06-12T14:47:00.843+10:00You might enjoy "Pubs and Publicans of Tasman...You might enjoy "Pubs and Publicans of Tasmania's Old West: A History of the Hotels of the West Coast of Tasmania" by Patrick Howard. The late 19th-century mining boom on Tasmania's west coast created a strong demand for accommodation. Consequently there was also a boom in the number of hotels established in the Queenstown, Strahan and Zeehan regions. The book traces the history of these hotels and shows that they were important centres for socialising, relaxing and facilitating a sense of community. <br /><br />devonport bookshop<br /><br />devonport bookshophttps://www.devonportbookshop.com.au/p/regional-history-pubs-and-publicans-of-tasmania-s-old-west-a-history-of-the-hotels-of-the-west-coast-of-tasmanianoreply@blogger.com