Kingston UNESCO World Heritage Site

A brutal outpost for banished British prisoners, home to the descendants of Bounty mutineers…

Norfolk Island's history reads like a page-turner. And nowhere captures the island's early days quite like Kingston, part of the UNESCO World Heritage-listed Australian Convict Sites.

This Australian Convict Sites World Heritage Property is part of a series showcasing eleven outstanding heritage places across Australia. Collectively they are representative of the global phenomenon of the forced migration of convicts.

The sites included in the serial listing are:

• Kingston & Arthur's Vale Historic Area, Norfolk Island (1788–1814 and 1824–1855)

• Old Government House and Domain, Parramatta Park, New South Wales (1788–1856)

• Hyde Park Barracks, Sydney, New South Wales (1819–1848)

• Brickendon—Woolmers Estates, Longford, Tasmania (1820–1850s)

• Darlington Probation Station, Maria Island National Park, Tasmania (1825–1832 and 1842–1850)

• Old Great North Road, Wiseman's Ferry, New South Wales (1828–1835) • Cascades Female Factory, South Hobart, Tasmania (1828–1856)

• Port Arthur Historic Site, Port Arthur, Tasmania (1830–1877)

• Coal Mines Historic Site, Norfolk Bay, Tasmania (1833–1848)

• Cockatoo Island Convict Site, Sydney, New South Wales (1839–1869)

• Fremantle Prison, Fremantle, Western Australia (1852–1886)

Each site represents key elements of the story of forced migration of convicts and is associated with global ideas and practices relating to punishment and reform of criminal elements of society during the modern era. The eleven sites that form the Australian Convict Sites World Heritage Property are outstanding examples of this story in Australia's rich convict history, however, more than 3,000 other convict sites remain around Australia. This is unique in the world today.

Source :

https://www.sarahabad.com/video#/acs/

https://www.australianconvictsites.org.au/home

https://www.norfolkisland.com.au/experiences/history-culture/kingston