Meet Private Robert Young
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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.
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Two convicts risked their lives to save Private Robert Young from drowning. Were they his friends, or were they hoping for a reward?
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Discover more for yourself! – www.portarthur.org.au
Port Arthur, Tasmania Tel: 1800 659 101
AMAZING STORIES, EPIC HISTORY
His melancholy fate doth plainly prove/the frail His melancholy fate doth plainly prove/the frail uncertainty of human life. uncertainty of human life. – PTE ROBERT YOUNG’S GRAVE STONE– PTE ROBERT YOUNG’S GRAVE STONE
TWO CONVICTS RISKED THEIR LIVES TO SAVE PRIVATE ROBERT TWO CONVICTS RISKED THEIR LIVES TO SAVE PRIVATE 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. PORT ARTHUR IS THE CONVICTS THEY GUARDED. PORT ARTHUR IS
CONSERVED AS A TESTAMENT TO ALLCONSERVED 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.
