| Coal Mines Historic Site | |
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 View of ruins in the Coal Mines area | |
 Interactive map of Coal Mines Historic Site | |
| Type | Historic Site |
| Location | Saltwater Creek Rd, Little Norfolk Bay,Tasman Peninsula |
| Coordinates | 42°59′1″S147°42′59″E / 42.98361°S 147.71639°E /-42.98361; 147.71639[1] |
| Area | 352.47 hectares[1] |
| Operated by | Port Arthur Historic Site Management Authority |
| Status | Australian National Heritage List World Heritage list |
| Website | http://coalmines.org.au |
| Type | Cultural |
| Criteria | iv, vi |
| Designated | 2010(34thsession) |
| Part of | Australian Convict Sites |
| Reference no. | 1306 |
| Region | Asia-Pacific |
Coal Mines Historic Site was aconvictprobation station[2] and the site ofTasmania's (thenVan Diemen's Land's) first operationalcoal mine, serving for a period of 15 years (1833–1848) "as a place of punishment for the 'worst class' of convicts fromPort Arthur".[3]
It is now the site of a collection of ruins and landscape modifications located amongstbushland facing onto theTasman Peninsula's Little Norfolk Bay, being ruins andlandscape modifications of such cultural significance to Australia and to the World that the site has been formally inscribed onto both theAustralian National Heritage List[2] andUNESCO'sWorld 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]
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