Darlington Probation Station Explained

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)

Notes and References

1. http://www.environment.gov.au/heritage/publications/about/pubs/convict-sites-part1.pdf Chapter 1 of Australian Government's "Australian Convict Sites" World Heritage nomination
2. http://www.environment.gov.au/heritage/places/national/darlington-probation-stn/index.html Australian Department of Environment, Water, Heritage, and the Arts "Darlington Probation Station" webpages
3. http://www.environment.gov.au/heritage/places/national/index.html Australian Department of Environment, Water, Heritage, and the Arts "National Heritage" webpages
4. http://www.environment.gov.au/heritage/places/world/convict-sites/index.html Australia's Department of Environment, Heritage, Water and the Arts "World Heritage: Australian Convict Sites" webpage
5. https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1306 UNESCO's World Heritage "Australian Convict Sites" webpages