Tasman Peninsula
A peninsula of convict history, rugged coastline, and Tasmanian devil conservation.
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The Tasman Peninsula, officially Turrakana / Tasman Peninsula, is a peninsula located in south-east Tasmania, Australia, approximately 75 km by the Arthur Highway, south-east of Hobart.
Background
The original name for the area is Turrakana. The Aboriginal inhabitants were the Pydairrerme people, part of the larger Paredarerme language group. The area was named after Dutch explorer Abel Tasman after colonisation and was dual named as of March 2021.
The first European settlement was in the early 1830s, selected as a penal settlement for its geographic isolation. The penal settlement of Port Arthur is now a tourist attraction. The Coal Mines Historic Site was originally a convict-operated coal mine.
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- Wikipedia: Tasman Peninsula (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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