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STRAHAN
is easy-going, relaxed and even progressive. The only town and port on the west coast, it sits in the huge
Macquarie Harbour
, site of
Sarah Island
, a harsh secondary convict settlement in use between 1822 and 1830, which can be visited on a Gordon River cruise. The entrance to Macquarie Harbour, named
Hells Gates
by arriving convicts, is only 80m wide.
Huon pine
, perfect for shipbuilding, grows abundantly in the area - logging and boatbuilding became the convicts' trade. After 1830 the timber continued to attract loggers, but it wasn't until 1882 that Straha...
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