These official collectors tokens can be picked when visiting the Port Arthur (Tasmania, Australia) site. They are collectable really only for their souvenir value and a sentimental reminder of your holiday or trip away. Interesting items to pick up if you have interest in this area. All tokens are 29mm in diameter, uncirculated and protected in a pvc plastic sleeve.
Port Arthur Historic Site Collector token.
This token is one in a series of collector tokens purchased at Port Arthur in Tasmania. This token depicts Convicts.
This token is in an informative card reading:
"Between 1830 - 1877 around 12,500 sentences were served by the convicts sent to Port Arthur for re-offending once they had arrived in Tasmania. Convicts were employed in a wide variety of trades and industries during their sentences in an effort to make the settlement as self sufficient as possible. The combination of isolation hard labour, and the use of leg irons and flogging as forms of punishment were aimed at discouraging inmates from re-offending."
Port Arthur Token - Convicts
Port Arthur Historic Site Collector token.
This token is one in a series of collector tokens purchased at Port Arthur in Tasmania. This token depicts Guarding Port Arthur.
This token is in an informative card reading:
"One of Port Arthurs most important archaelogical discoveries was made in mid 1980's when in the vicinity of the Military Barracks' retaining wall a small uniform button was found. The button provided clear evidence that the penal settlement had it's own militaria-style guard - or at the very least the prison guard or constabulary was issued with a uniform that was unique to the site."
Port Arthur Token - Guarding Port Arthur
Port Arthur Historic Site Collector token.
This token is one in a series of collector tokens purchased at Port Arthur in Tasmania. This token depicts a Convict Love Token.
This token is in an informative card reading:
"Convicts made love tokens soon after hearing about their fate (transportation to the colonies). Love tokens were mainly made from old copper coins, rubbed smooth and then engraved with a message -some only had a few words, while others showed ornate designs. If convicts did not have the skill to engrave the coin themselves they often employed someone else to make them. The tokens were given to their loved ones left behind."
Port Arthur Token -Convict Love Token
Port Arthur Historic Site Collector token.
This token is one in a series of collector tokens purchased at Port Arthur in Tasmania. This token depicts Historic Ghost Tours.
This token is in an informative card reading:
"Since the 1870's countless sightings of apparitions and unexplained happenings have occured at the Port Arthur Historic Site. It is believed that there is a mystical connection at Port Arthur leaving spirits or ghosts of lost souls who have been trapped in an area, unable to rest or unaware they have travelled from the physical world, to occupy the fabric of the historic buildings."
Port Arthur Token - Historic Ghost Tours
Port Arthur Historic Site Collector token.
This token is one in a series of collector tokens purchased at Port Arthur in Tasmania. This token depicts the Cessation of Transportation.
This token is in an informative card reading:
"To celebrate the Cessation of Transportation in 1853, the Anti-transportation League committee ordered the production of a special medallion to comemmorate this important event. 9,000 medallions were struck in pewter and 100 in bronze. The pewter medallions were given to all of the school children in Tasmania in 1855. The medallion also comemmorates the Jubilee of the Founding of Tasmania in 1803."
Port Arthur Token - Cessation of transportation
Port Arthur Historic Site Collector token.
This token is one in a series of collector tokens purchased at Port Arthur in Tasmania. This token depicts The Isle of the Dead.
This token is in an informative card reading:
"The Isle of the Dead (or Dead Island) became the burial place at Port Arthur during the 1830's with the first known burial taking place in 1831 when private Joseph Kerr was interred. The island was the final resting place for both convict and free, with the majority of convict graves remaining unmarked. The island continued to be used for burials until 1877."
Port Arthur Token - Isle of the Dead
Posted by harrisk at November 13, 2009 2:50 PM
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