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AMAZING STORIES, EPIC HISTORYWILLIAM THOMPSON WAS A CONVICT WHO SPENT TWELVE WILLIAM THOMPSON WAS A CONVICT WHO SPENT TWELVE

MONTHS UNDERGROUND AT THE COAL MINES, HARNESSED MONTHS UNDERGROUND AT THE COAL MINES, HARNESSED

WITH THREE OTHER MEN TO DRAG LOADED COAL CARTS. WITH THREE OTHER MEN TO DRAG LOADED COAL CARTS.

THERE HE SAW THINGS THAT MARKED HIM THERE HE SAW THINGS THAT MARKED HIM

FOR LIFE. THE COAL MINES, NEAR SALTWATFOR LIFE. THE COAL MINES, NEAR SALTWATER

RIVER, WAS TASMANIA’S FIRST MINING RIVER, WAS TASMANIA’S FIRST MINING

SITE AND A FEARED COMPONENT OF THE CONVICT SITE AND A FEARED COMPONENT OF THE CONVICT

PUNISHMENT SYSTEM. TODAY, A VISIT IS A FASCINATING PUNISHMENT SYSTEM. TODAY, A VISIT IS A FASCINATING

ADJUNCT TO A TRIP TO PORT ARTHUR.ADJUNCT TO A TRIP TO PORT ARTHUR.

‘I contemplated the naked figures, faintly perceptible in ‘I contemplated the naked figures, faintly perceptible in the gloom, with feelings of horror.’ the gloom, with feelings of horror.’ – WILLIAM THOMPSON– WILLIAM THOMPSON