Original: Penal colony Main articles: - Port Arthur, Tasmania, Convicts on the West Coast of Tasmania From the 1830s to the abolition of penal transportation (known simply as "transportation") in 1853, Van Diemen's Land was the primary penal colony in Australia.
Simplified: Penal colony Main article: - Port Arthur, Tasmania, From the 1830s to 1853, Van Diemen's Land was the main penal colony in Australia.