Darlington Probation Station
Heritage site in Darlington, Tasmania
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Darlington Probation Station was a convict penal settlement on Maria Island, Tasmania (then Van Diemen's Land), Australia, from 1825 to 1832, and later a convict probation station from 1842 to 1850, during the last phase of convict management in eastern Australia.[2]
| Darlington Probation Station | |
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View of one of the buildings (the Commissariat Store) within the Darlington Probation Station precinct. | |
 Interactive map of Darlington Probation Station | |
| Type | National Park |
| Location | Maria Island |
| Coordinates | 42°34′57″S 148°04′12″E |
| 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 (34th session) |
| Part of | Australian Convict Sites |
| Reference no. | 1306 |
| Region | Asia-Pacific |
A number of convict-era buildings and structures have survived relatively intact and in good condition,[2] and of the 78 convict probation stations built in Tasmania, the remains on Maria Island are regarded as "the most outstanding representative example".[2] Due to its cultural significance, the site been inscribed onto the Australian National Heritage List[3] and UNESCO's World Heritage list[4] as being 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]