Framed by its beginnings as the country's most notorious penal settlement, Port Arthur is also a place marked by paradox - where a beautiful natural landscape rapidly became inscribed with human violence and suffering, where community life would be overtaken by commercial imperatives, and where a rich and difficult history would often be reduced to a series of clichés.

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Separate stories: Hindsight is the only program on Australian radio devoted exclusively to social history. It offers new perspectives on well-known aspects of the past and brings to light those stories long-ignored on the public record. The memories of ordinary Australians are woven into complex, credible and satisfying documentaries. Hindsight is published every Sunday.
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