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Macquarie Harbour

Macquarie Harbour is a large, shallow, inlet on the west coast of Tasmania, Australia.

The first settlement at Macquarie Harbour was on Sarah Island, a small island in the harbour. This island was used as a prison for recalcitrant prisoners from other settlements in Tasmania, due to its extreme isolation and very bad climate.

Later the small port of Strahan was developed on the shores of Macquarie Harbour to support the nearby mining settlements. Today Strahan is the base for tourism on the west coast.

The King River and the Gordon River empty into Macquarie Harbour. The narrow entrance to Macquarie Harbour has hazardous tidal currents and is called Hells Gates.

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