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Beattie, J.W.
Port Arthur: the British Penal Settlement in Tasmania. Glimpses of its stirring history.
Printed at 'The Examiner' and 'Weekly Courier' Offices [for J. W. Beattie] Launceston nd [1920s?] Compiled and edited from authentic sources by J. W. Beattie, The Port Arthur Museum, Hobart. 8vo. 64pp, well illustrated. Staple-bound in the original pictorial soft covers. Very good. ISBN ***The main text is David Burn's 'Excursion to Port Arthur in 1842'. There are a number of other sections - short illustrated pieces on the site's main features, and some extracts from official records. Price of 2/- on the front cover, advertisement for railtrips to National Park [Mt Field] inside front cover, and for the Lufra Hotel at Eaglehawk Neck.
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