Tasmania
Port Arthur convict settlement area
Tidal foreshore Source-confirmed findsRestricted
What you could find
Reported finds from this shoreline.
Old bottles
Sea potteryAlso 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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