Successful conservation works on the Penitentiary, winning two national tourism awards and strong visitation growth across its sites, were just three highlights of a busy year for the Port Arthur Hist
Successful conservation works on the Penitentiary, winning two national tourism awards and strong visitation growth across its sites, were just three highlights of a busy year for the Port Arthur Historic Site Management Authority (PAHSMA).
The results were recorded in the Authority’s Annual Report for 2014-15, which has been tabled in State Parliament.
Other achievements included establishing a sales and information outlet at Brooke St Pier, a sound financial result, a successful volunteer partnership with Community Volunteers Australia at the Coal Mines, a visit by the Chinese Foreign Affairs Minister, further strengthening of the relationship between PAHSMA and the Dunhuang Academy in China, and conservation works on the Matron’s Quarters at the Cascades Female Factory.
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Remembering Port Arthur: A Church’s Touching Tribute
On the 25th anniversary of the horrific attack, an Australian parish will hold a vigil to remember the 35 people who lost their lives.
At St Peter’s Eastern Hill Anglican Church in Melbourne today, the bell will toll 35 times, marking a tragedy that continues to haunt a nation.
Each bell toll will represent a person lost in the Port Arthur massacre.
Twenty-five years ago today, a local man with an intellectual disability went on an indiscriminate shooting spree at Tasmania’s Port Arthur Historic Site, killing 35 people, and injuring 23.
Among the dead was Melbourne schoolgirl Sarah Loughton, 15, whose mother, Carolyn, was shot in the shoulder and survived (she still suffers from her injury).