Coal Mines Historic Site

Coal Mines Historic Site was, for a period of 15 years (1833–48), a convict probation station[2] and the site of Tasmania's (then Van Diemen's Land's) first operational coal mine, "serving as a place of punishment for the 'worst class' of convicts from Port Arthur".[3]

Coal Mines Historic Site
View of ruins in the Coal Mines area.
TypeHistoric Site
LocationSaltwater Creek Rd, Little Norfolk Bay, Tasman Peninsula
Coordinates42°59′1″S 147°42′59″E[1]
Area352.47 hectares[1]
Operated byPort Arthur Historic Site Management Authority
StatusAustralian National Heritage List
World Heritage list
Websitehttp://coalmines.org.au
TypeCultural
Criteriaiv, vi
Designated2010 (34th session)
Part ofAustralian Convict Sites
Reference no.1306
State Party Australia
RegionAsia-Pacific

It is now the site of a collection of ruins and landscape modifications located amongst bushland facing onto the Tasman Peninsula's Little Norfolk Bay, being ruins and landscape modifications of such cultural significance to Australia and to the World that the site has been formally inscribed onto both the Australian National Heritage List[2] and UNESCO's World Heritage list[4] as amongst:

Norfolk Bay Convict Station

" .. the best surviving examples of large-scale convict transportation and the colonial expansion of European powers through the presence and labour of convicts."[5]

See also
  • "Coal Mines Historic Site (Place ID 105931)". Australian Heritage Database. Department of the Environment.
  • Coal Mines Historic Site website
  • Tasmania Parks and Wildlife Service - Coal Mines Historic Site

References
  1. Chapter 1 of Australian Government's "Australian Convict Sites" World Heritage nomination Accessed 5 August 2010
  2. Australian Department of Environment, Water, Heritage, and the Arts "Coal Mines Historic Site" webpages 5 August 2010
  3. Parks and Wildlife Service Tasmania's "Coal Mines" website Archived 11 December 2010 at the Wayback Machine Accessed 5 August 2010
  4. Australia's Department of Environment, Heritage, Water and the Arts "World Heritage: Australian Convict Sites" webpage Accessed 2 August 2010
  5. UNESCO's World Heritage "Australian Convict Sites" webpages Accessed 2 August 2010


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