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Port Arthur Penal Settlement (historic)
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19th-century convict settlement; UNESCO World Heritage Site (Australian Convict Sites). Now a major heritage tourism site.
Capacity
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Current population
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Occupancy
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Year opened
1830
Closed 1877
Figures from official sources · verified 20 May 2026 · methodology
Facility profile
Population held
male
Opened
1830
Region
Tasmania
Security level
Maximum
Death-row facility
No
Conditions
No conditions summary available yet.
Visiting
No visiting information available.
Mailing
No mailing information available.
Practical info
Contact the operator's website for inmate-specific procedures.
Known issues
No major issues documented in our database.
Contact & address
Conditions Risk Score
Derived signal — not a judgement. How it's calculated
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Same country, matched on type + security level where possible.
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- Langi Kal Kal PrisonLangi Kal KalMinimumMinimum security
- Ouyen Community Correction Services
Data completeness
58%How many of our profile fields are populated. We surface this so families and researchers know the limits.
Sources
- Port Arthur Historic Site
- UNESCO â Australian Convict Sites
- Australian state and territory corrections departments (consolidated) — State agencies â Corrective Services NSW, Corrections Victoria, QCS, DCS-SA, DOJ-WA, DOJ-TAS, NTCS, ACTCS
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
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World Prisons. (2026). Port Arthur Penal Settlement (historic). Retrieved October 23, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/port-arthur-penal-settlement-historic
"Port Arthur Penal Settlement (historic)." World Prisons. Accessed October 23, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/port-arthur-penal-settlement-historic.
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