382 - The Frederick Escape: The Ship that Never Was
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The McQuarrie Harbour Penal Station
By late 1832, then Governor George Arthur had announced that McQuarrie Harbour would be closing down as a penal station. A new prison was set up on the southeast of Van Diemann's land that Arthur humbly named after himself, Port Arthur. The McQuarri Harbour penal station was slowly closed down with convicts moved across to Port Arthur bit by bit until only a few remained,. building the final ship to be constructed there, the Frederick.
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