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The Macquarie Harbour Penal Station, a former British colonial penal settlement, established on Sarah Island, Macquarie Harbour in the former colony of Van Diemen's Land, now Tasmania, Australia, operated between 1822 and 1833.

The settlement housed mainly male convicts, with a small number of women.

During its 11 years of operation, the penal colony achieved a reputation as one of harshest penal settlements in the Australian colonies.