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Church at Port
Arthur
Port Arthur's timber and stone church
was built on high ground to overlook the convict settlement, the church
could accommodate over one thousand souls at its services. The church was
never consecrated, due to its use by prisoners of different denominations,
but was representative of the authorities’ goal to reform the convict
population through religion. The church was destroyed by fire in 1884 and
has undergone repeated conservation work throughout the 20th
century. See Port Arthur Historic Web Sites (1) and (2) | ||||||
