Memorial service held to remember and reflect on Port Arthur massacre's enduring legacy, 30 years on

Thirty years on from the Port Arthur tragedy, survivor Jane Scholefield had a simple message for those still bearing the ...

Survivors and families honour Port Arthur victims on 30th anniversary

Thirty years ago today, a lone gunman killed 35 people and injured 23 at the site and surrounding areas. About 160 people attended Tuesday’s event at Port Arthur’s Memorial Garden. The names of the ...

Peter James rushed to help during the Port Arthur massacre: ‘Some people were falling apart. I would become one of them’

When the paramedic entered the Tasmanian cafe where a gunman had killed scores of people, he was warned he would never be the same again. The warning proved true ...

Thirty years after losing his family in the Port Arthur massacre, Walter Mikac says gun control is still vital

On April 28, 1996, a gunman killed 35 people at Port Arthur. Walter Mikac's wife and two daughters were among them. Thirty ...

Port Arthur 30 years on: How a dark tragedy forged lasting change

Tasmanians will pause today to mark the 30th anniversary of the Port Arthur massacre, an act of wanton violence that shocked the nation.

Mother’s grief 30 years after Port Arthur

A mother who lost her daughter in the horrific Port Arthur massacre has shared a poignant message during a ceremony to mark the 30th anniversary of the mass shooting.
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‘Dim, fat, angry’: Mass murderer Martin Bryant 25 years after Port Arthur massacre

A rare prison photograph of mass murderer Martin Bryant has emerged as well as details of his sad existence 25 years after the Port Arthur massacre. The mass murderer spends his life in Risdon ...

'Terrible cruelty': Australia marks 30 years since Port Arthur massacre

Australia today commemorates the 35 victims of the country's worst mass shooting in modern history.
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Friday essay: projecting light onto a dark history – how mid‑century cinema resurrected Port Arthur’s convict past

Tourism was an early money-spinner in Tasmania, with Port Arthur featuring on travel circuits by the late 1800s. In the years following the penal station’s closure in 1877, an influx of local and ...