Convict tramway

The Convict Tramway was a tramway (sometimes also called a railway)[1] that ran from Norfolk Bay to Port Arthur, Tasmania.[2] The tramway was the first passenger-carrying railway in Australia.[3]

Started in 1836, the carriages of tramway were pushed by Port Arthur convicts.[4] The tramway was created to replace the hazardous sea voyage from Hobart to Port Arthur.[3][1] Charles O'Hara Booth oversaw the construction of tramway.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 "Taranna - Tasmania". The Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax Media. 8 February 2014. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
  2. ↑ "Taranna - Tiny township on the road to Port Arthur". The Age. Fairfax Media. 8 February 2004. Retrieved 4 July 2015.
  3. 1 2 "Port Arthur Historic Sites Statutory Management Plan 2008". UNESCO. Retrieved 5 July 2015.
  4. ↑ "Local History - History of the Tasman Peninsula". Tasman Council. Retrieved 4 July 2015.
  5. ↑ Robert Hughes (1987). The Fatal Shore. Random House. pp. 407–408. Retrieved 5 July 2015.
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