Tasmania is one of the most Haunted Locations in Australia and possibly the world. One of the most famous Paranormal Team in the World GHI even came down here to investigate Port Arthur and the Hobart Penitentiary Chapel.

Why Tasmania so Paranormally Active, could it be due to Tasmania’s close links with its convict past, or its infamous early history?

Below is a list and a brief description of some of the Haunted Locations across Tasmania. If you have something you would like to add please feel free to contact us, otherwise enjoy.

Nick Jarvis

According to Haunted Tasmania http://ghostinvestigator.tripod.com/australiangis/id4.html

Kodak house Hobart -  A female called Beryl haunts Kodak house in Hobart town center. She mainly haunts the top two stories of the building, but sometimes she comes down to knock down displays or scare the staff. There have been many sightings of Beryl, she is a gentle ghost.

Willow Court/ Royal Derwent- New Norfolk, There has been many paranormal sightings and stories involving WCC and RDH, please visit my link to read more: http://ausparanormal.com/ghost-stories/willow-court-rdh-paranormal-stories-ecounters/

Port Arthur - This was an old convict site. This place has many ghostly figures, which are always present. Near the old church ruins on a Monday afternoon around 6pm bells where heard ringing from nowhere. There are several more areas in the historic site that contain ghosts.

Hobart Penitentiary Chapel - This goal was the used for the housing and execution of convicts during the 1800 and 1900’s…. many people were hung and ‘did time’ here, and there are numerous stories of hauntings and presences.(Can you smell the blood under the old gallows?) Nightly ghost tours are held, as well as occasional trial reenactments.

Richmond Bridge – Richmond, Australia’s oldest bridge, in Richmond, Tasmania, is said to be haunted by the ghost of George Grover, a flagellator supposedly thrown off the bridge by the convicts he tortured during its construction. Grover was transported to Van Diemen’s Land in 1825 for stealing and by 1829 records show him as the Flagellator at Richmond. His death in early March 1832 resulted in an inquest concluding that he had laid down whilst drunk and “fallen or was pushed” from the parapet of the bridge, 27 feet in height.” Grover’s ghost is said to appear on the bridge at certain times” The ghost of a large black and white dog, sometimes called ‘Grover’s Dog’, is also seen on the bridge. One lady reports it appearing at her side on several occasions as she walked the bridge at night. It would walk alongside her from one end to the other, and then disappear as quickly as it had come.

Theatre Royal - Hobart, The theatre has been haunted for many years be a deceased actor/stagehand named Fred. Fred is frequently seen in theatre, both backstage and in the audience. When a fire started after hours in the empty theatre, the fire curtain was mysteriously lowered, saving the theatre from being destroyed. Many believe it was Fred who lowered the curtain, to save his beloved theatre, so the show could go on.

If you know more about these Hauntings Below please let us know

• Anglesea Barracks, Hobart
• Ball and Chain Restaurant, Hobart
• Berriedale Inn, Longford
• Bishops court, Hobart
• Copley Creek Bridge, Lachlan
• Dorset Hotel, Derby
• Empire Motor Inn, Queenstown
• Entally House, Hadspen
• Franklin House, Launceston
• Gaiety Theatre, Zeehan
• Garth, Fingal Valley
• Gibbet Hill, Perth
• Glen Clyde House, Hamilton
• Glen Derwent, New Norfolk
• Grand Hotel, Zeehan
• Government House, Hobart
• Isle of the Dead, island used as a burial ground off Port Arthur
• Man at The Wheel Hotel (now Errol Flynn Tavern), Hobart
• Old Chest Hospital, New Town, Hobart
• Parliament House, Hobart
• Prospect House, Richmond
• Red Feather Inn, Hadspen
• Richmond Gaol
• Richmond Bridge, Coal River
• Richmond Hotel, Richmond
• Rokeby House, Campbell Town
• Schouten House, Swansea
• Shot Tower, Taroona
• St Andrews Inn, Cleveland
• St John’s Catholic Church, Richmond
• St John’s Church, New Town, Hobart
• St Luke’s Anglican Church, Richmond
• Stowell, Battery Point
• Tara Hall, George Town
• Theatre Royal, Hobart
• The Oast House, New Norfolk
• Tynwald House, New Norfolk
• Wentworth House, Bothwell
• Whitestones Cottage, George Town
• Wilmot Arms Inn, Kempton

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