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Port Arthur convict settlement area

Tidal foreshore Source-confirmed findsRestricted

What you could find

Reported finds from this shoreline.

Old bottlesOld bottles
Sea potterySea pottery

Also reported: applied-top ales, hand-finished spirits.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), NPS (Public domain).

Why this spot

colonial bottle era, historically mapped

Major 1830s to 1870s convict settlement and later township on the water; historically rich but among the most heavily protected sites in Australia.

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