Darlington Probation Station

Darlington Probation Station
View of one of the buildings (the Commissariat Store) within the Darlington Probation Station precinct.
Type	National Park
Location	Maria Island
Coordinates	42°34′57″S 148°04′12″E / 42.5825°S 148.07°E / -42.5825; 148.07Coordinates: 42°34′57″S 148°04′12″E / 42.5825°S 148.07°E / -42.5825; 148.07
Area	2329.28 hectares[1]
Status	Australian National Heritage List World Heritage list
Website	http://www.parks.tas.gov.au/index.aspx?base=2707

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 (entry AHD105931)". Australian Heritage Database. Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities. http://www.environment.gov.au/cgi-bin/ahdb/search.pl?mode=place_detail;place_id=105931. 

References

1. ^ Chapter 1 of Australian Government's "Australian Convict Sites" World Heritage nomination Accessed 5 August 2010
2. ^ ^{a b c} Australian Department of Environment, Water, Heritage, and the Arts "Darlington Probation Station" webpages 6 August 2010
3. ^ Australian Department of Environment, Water, Heritage, and the Arts "National Heritage" webpages 6 August 2010
4. ^ Australia's Department of Environment, Heritage, Water and the Arts "World Heritage: Australian Convict Sites" webpage
5. ^ UNESCO's World Heritage "Australian Convict Sites" webpages Accessed 2 August 2010