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The Macquarie Harbour Penal Station a former British colonial penal settlement established on Sarah Island Macquarie Harbour in the former colony of Van Diemen’s Land now Tasmania Australia operated between 1822 and 1833. The settlement housed mainly male convicts with a small number of women. During its 11 years of operation the penal colony achieved a reputation as one of the harshest penal settlements in the Australian colonies.
