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Discover more for yourself! – www.portarthur.org.au Port Arthur, Tasmania Tel: 1800 659 101 A MAZING S TORIES, E PIC H ISTORY His melancholy fate doth plainly prove/the frail His melancholy fate doth plainly prove/the frail uncertainty of human life. uncertainty of human life. – P TE R OBERT Y OUNG’ S GRAVE STONE – P TE R OBERT Y OUNG’ S GRAVE STONE TWO CONVICTS RISKED THEIR LIVES TO SAVE P RIVATE ROBERT TWO CONVICTS RISKED THEIR LIVES TO SAVE P RIVATE ROBERT YOUNG FROM DROWNING. WERE THEY HIS FRIENDS , OR WERE YOUNG FROM DROWNING. WERE THEY HIS FRIENDS , OR WERE THEY HOPING FOR A REWARD? WE KNOW FAR LESS ABOUT THEY HOPING FOR A REWARD? WE KNOW FAR LESS ABOUT THE ORDINARY SOLDIERS THAN WE DO ABOUT THE ORDINARY SOLDIERS THAN WE DO ABOUT THE CONVICTS THEY GUARDED. P ORT ARTHUR IS THE CONVICTS THEY GUARDED. P ORT ARTHUR IS CONSERVED AS A TESTAMENT TO ALL CONSERVED AS A TESTAMENT TO ALL WHO LIVED AND WORKED HERE – WHO LIVED AND WORKED HERE – A PLACE EVERYONE SHOULD VISIT. A PLACE EVERYONE SHOULD VISIT.
