10 Years Ago: Port Arthur
Bleeds in Killing Spree
Friday April 28, 2006
On April 28, 1996, the relative quiet of Australia's Port Arthur in the Tasman Peninsula was broken by gunfire. Before day’s end, 35 were dead.
A Tasmanian had etched a trail of blood, firing at shopkeepers, shop assistants, tourists, and whoever else came in his way, and once again, the soil of Port Arthur was bloodied — now, in contemporary times, and by a deranged gunman. From the 1830s to the 1870s, this was the place they called "hell on earth", where the recidivist convicts of a past era lived and died.
Photo © 2000 Australian Tourist Commission
A Tasmanian had etched a trail of blood, firing at shopkeepers, shop assistants, tourists, and whoever else came in his way, and once again, the soil of Port Arthur was bloodied — now, in contemporary times, and by a deranged gunman. From the 1830s to the 1870s, this was the place they called "hell on earth", where the recidivist convicts of a past era lived and died.
Photo © 2000 Australian Tourist Commission
Comments
No comments yet. Leave a Comment