It drizzled on and off today. The photo is a view of the harbor with cloud -covered Mt. Wellington in the background. We took in the Tasmanian Museum, which had a bit of everything, history of Tasmanian prisons, exhibit on Tasmanian aborigones including their brutal treatment by whites, as well as the aboriginal culture and recent history of regaining some small bits of land, Tasmanian fauna including stuffed wombat (looks like hairy 100lb pig), an interesting exhibit on Antarctica, and some Tasmania art, everything very well explained.
Tasmania was first settled as a prison colony begining around 1803. Prisoners included both petty theives convicted of minor crimes and dangerous criminals. It gained a reputations as being the worst of the Australian prisons. We will visit one or two of the prison sites in the next few days.
Much of the early city was built by prison labor including the granite wharf and many of the granite buildings which still line the harbor
Prisoners in transition from England to Tasmania were kept for months on the "hulks", shown on the left, before being put into prisons on Tasmania. Prisoners were treated brutally, many died, a few were rehabilitated and went on to be successful settlers.
It drizzled on and off today. The photo is a view of the harbor with cloud -covered Mt. Wellington in the background. We took in the Tasmanian Museum, which had a bit of everything, history of Tasmanian prisons, exhibit on Tasmanian aborigones including their brutal treatment by whites, as well as the aboriginal culture and recent history of regaining some small bits of land, Tasmanian fauna including stuffed wombat (looks like hairy 100lb pig), an interesting exhibit on Antarctica, and some Tasmania art, everything very well explained.
Tasmania was first settled as a prison colony begining around 1803. Prisoners included both petty theives convicted of minor crimes and dangerous criminals. It gained a reputations as being the worst of the Australian prisons. We will visit one or two of the prison sites in the next few days. 
Much of the early city was built by prison labor including the granite wharf and many of the granite buildings which still line the harbor
Prisoners in transition from England to Tasmania were kept for months on the "hulks", shown on the left, before being put into prisons on Tasmania. Prisoners were treated brutally, many died, a few were rehabilitated and went on to be successful settlers.
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