ETWEEN 1822 AND 1833, any re-offending convicts in Van Diemen’s Land were sent to Sarah Island (known as Langerrareroune by the local Toogee people) on Tasmania’s remote west coast. Described as an “Earthly Hell”, Sarah Island’s Macquarie Harbour Penal Station acquired a black reputation in the annals of history for its draconian punishments, isolation and gruelling dawn-till-dusk
