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Review: David Cameron delves into the striking contrast between physical setting and monstrous cruelty of convict-era Port Arthur

By Mark Thomas
June 19 2021 - 3:18pm
  • Convict-era Port Arthur, by David W. Cameron. Viking, $34.99.

For the 13,000 convicts punished at Port Arthur, as for the tourists who throng there now, the most striking impression is surely juxtaposition.

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