ABSTRACT

As a place of heritage, the Port Arthur Historic Site in Tasmania, Australia, provides a substantial representation of a colonial landscape. Principally associated with Australia’s convict history, the vestiges that are found there today take the form of extant buildings, shorelines, cemeteries, exercise yards and cells. Port Arthur is also thought to harbour less-tangible residues of its pasts in the form of ghostly apparitions and atmospheres. Indeed, it is often referred to as being one of the most haunted places in Australia. However, rather than focus on the supernatural traces of some of the deviant criminals once imprisoned there, this article will take a broader account of ‘ghosts’ to consider the interrelations between human and nonhumans in the Anthropocene. To do so, we look to the abiding, ‘haunting’ presence of ‘arboreal-others’ in order to re-enliven our understanding of Port Arthur’s pasts and reimagine their role in its present and future.

摘要

作为一个遗产地，澳大利亚塔斯马尼亚的亚瑟港历史遗址是殖民地景观的重要代表。主要与澳大利亚的罪犯历史有关，今天在那里发现的遗迹采取现存建筑物、海岸线、墓地、运动场和牢房的形式。亚瑟港也被认为以幽灵般的幻影和大气的形式隐藏着其过去的无形残余。事实上，它通常被称为澳大利亚最闹鬼的地方之一。然而，本文将不关注一些曾经被关押在那里的越轨罪犯的超自然痕迹，而是将更广泛地考虑“鬼”来考虑人类世中人类与非人类之间的相互关系。为此，我们仰望恒久的，