Port Arthur - Transcript

CAROLINE JONES, PRESENTER: Hello. I'm Caroline Jones. On the 28th of April, 1996, another terrible chapter was written into the dark history of Port Arthur, the former penal colony in Tasmania. A lone gunman shot dead 35 people and left another 23 injured. Galvanised into action by that shocking event, then prime minister John Howard convinced the states to introduce strict uniform gun control measures. For the survivors 20 years on, the physical and psychological wounds remain and many are dete