Coal Mines Historic Site

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Coal Mines Historic Site

punishment for the 'worst of the worst' convicts

Coal Mines Walk 1

Settlement to mineshaft

Settlement to mineshaft, returning via Plunkett Point

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Coal Mines Walk 2

Main Shaft to Settlement

Main Shaft to settlement, returning via Plunkett Point

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Coal Mines Walk 3

Settlement to Plunkett Point

Settlement to Plunkett Point return

Clock Icon 50 minutes return

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COVID SAFE SITE

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Coal Mines Historic Site World Heritage

The Coal Mines Historic Site is an outstanding example of the 19th-century European global strategy of using the forced labour of convicts. Illustrating the importance of labour and production, classification, punishment and surveillance in the penal system and the role of the convict in the establishment of colonial economies, the Coal Mines Historic Site is listed as one of the 11 sites that together form the Australian Convict Sites World Heritage Property, inscribed on the World Heritage list in 2010.

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Coal Mines Road
Saltwater River
Tasmania 7186
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Phone: 1800 659 101

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