Darlington Probation Station

42°34′57″S 148°04′12″E / 42.58250°S 148.07000°E / -42.58250; 148.07000Area2329.28 hectares^[1]StatusAustralian National Heritage List
World Heritage listWebsitehttp://www.parks.tas.gov.au/index.aspx?base=2707TypeCulturalCriteriaiv, viDesignated2010 (34th session)Part ofAustralian Convict SitesReference no.1306RegionAsia-Pacific

Darlington Probation Station was a convict penal settlement on Maria Island, Tasmania (then Van Diemen's Land), from 1825 to 1832, then later a convict probation station during the last phase of convict management in eastern Australia (1842–1850).^[2]

A number of the buildings and structures have survived from this earlier era relatively intact and in good condition,^[2] and of the 78 convict probation stations once built in Tasmania, the buildings and structures at Maria Island are regarded as "the most outstanding representative example",^[2] of such cultural significance they've been formally inscribed onto the Australian National Heritage List^[3] and UNESCO's World Heritage list^[4] as amongst:

" .. the best surviving examples of large-scale convict transportation and the colonial expansion of European powers through the presence and labour of convicts."^[5]

See also

• Australian Convict Sites
• Maria Island National Park: First Convict Era (1825-1832)
• Maria Island National Park: Second Convict Era (1842-1850)

External links

• "Darlington Probation Station (Place ID 105931)". Australian Heritage Database. Australian Government.

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