Darlington Probation Station was a convict penal settlement on Maria Island, Tasmania (then Van Diemen's Land), from 1825 to 1832, then later a convict probation station during the last phase of convict management in eastern Australia (1842–1850).[2]

A number of the buildings and structures have survived from this earlier era relatively intact and in good condition,[2] and of the 78 convict probation stations once built in Tasmania, the buildings and structures at Maria Island are regarded as "the most outstanding representative example",[2] of such cultural significance they've been formally inscribed onto the Australian National Heritage List[3] and UNESCO's World Heritage list[4] as 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]

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  1. ^ Chapter 1 of Australian Government's "Australian Convict Sites" World Heritage nomination Accessed 5 August 2010
  2. ^ a b c Australian Department of Environment, Water, Heritage, and the Arts "Darlington Probation Station" webpages 6 August 2010
  3. ^ Australian Department of Environment, Water, Heritage, and the Arts "National Heritage" webpages 6 August 2010
  4. ^ Australia's Department of Environment, Heritage, Water and the Arts "World Heritage: Australian Convict Sites" webpage
  5. ^ UNESCO's World Heritage "Australian Convict Sites" webpages Accessed 2 August 2010