| Darlington Probation Station | |
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 View of one of the buildings (theCommissariat Store) within the Darlington Probation Station precinct. | |
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| Type | National Park |
| Location | Maria Island |
| Coordinates | 42°34′57″S148°04′12″E / 42.58250°S 148.07000°E /-42.58250; 148.07000 |
| Area | 2329.28 hectares[1] |
| Status | Australian National Heritage List World Heritage list |
| Website | http://www.parks.tas.gov.au/index.aspx?base=2707 |
| Type | Cultural |
| Criteria | iv, vi |
| Designated | 2010(34thsession) |
| Part of | Australian Convict Sites |
| Reference no. | 1306 |
| Region | Asia-Pacific |
Darlington Probation Station was aconvict penal settlement onMaria Island,Tasmania (thenVan Diemen's Land), from 1825 to 1832, then later a convictprobation station during the last phase of convict management in eastern Australia (1842–1850).[2]
A number of the buildings and structures have survived from this earlier era relatively intact and in good condition,[2] and of the 78 convict probation stations once built in Tasmania, the buildings and structures at Maria Island are regarded as "the most outstanding representative example",[2] of such cultural significance they've been formally inscribed onto theAustralian National Heritage List[3] 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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