Port Arthur Massacre

Port Arthur massacre may refer to one of two mass killings:

  • Port Arthur massacre (China), on 21 November 1894, in the Chinese coastal town of Lüshunkou
  • Port Arthur massacre (Australia), on 28 April 1996, at the Port Arthur old prison colony in Tasmania

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