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Digital Experience · Woolmers Estate

REASSIGN Digital Guide

Explore Woolmers Estate through the stories of the people who lived here. Podcasts, augmented reality and 3D models — all on your own device.

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Immersive Experience

History You Can Hear, See & Touch

History is not just something you look at. It is something you hear, feel and discover for yourself. ReAssign brings the stories of Woolmers Estate to life through an immersive digital experience you access on your own device as you walk the grounds.

Using the free ReAssign web app, you can explore podcasts, videos, augmented reality and 3D models that reveal the lives of the people who called Woolmers home. The convicts who were assigned here. The Archer family who shaped the estate across six generations. The shepherds, housemaids, blacksmiths and stockmen whose stories are written into these buildings and this land.

How It Works

No download required

Access the free web app on any smartphone

Scan QR codes on site

Unlock content at each location throughout the estate

Explore stories at each stop

Podcasts, video AR and 3D models at your own pace

Visit reassign.net.au to start exploring before you arrive. Our friendly team at the estate will help you find your starting point.

At Woolmers

What You'll Discover

The Black Groom

Begin your ReAssign experience before you even arrive. The podcast is the perfect companion for the drive to Woolmers Estate. It sets the scene for everything you are about to discover,

The Assignees

Access a list of the men and women who were assigned to work at Woolmers Estate, complete with individual details. These are real people. Real names. Real histories. This is the convict story you will not find at Port Arthur.

John Marshall: The Shepherd

Scan QR codes to unlock video augmented reality featuring John Marshall, one of the convicts assigned to Woolmers. His story appears here, in the landscape where it actually happened.

Thomas Archer

Hear from Thomas Archer himself as you explore the estate. The man who built Woolmers from a remote colonial outpost into one of Australia's most significant heritage properties tells his own story.

Inside Out: Mrs Archer's Drawing Room

Scan the Inside Out QR code inside Woolmers House and watch the Drawing Room transform before your eyes, revealing how it looked in its original state. Two hundred years of history, restored in an instant.

Woolmers from the Sky

Use the aerial map feature to orient yourself across the estate and locate the 18 original buildings scattered throughout the property. Woolmers covers 13 hectares. The map ensures you do not miss a thing.

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Go Further

Want to Go Deeper?

ReAssign opens the door to the stories of Woolmers Estate. The Unshackled digital exhibition takes you further.

Unshackled connects visitors to the individual records of the convicts who were assigned to Woolmers, drawing on a database of 75,000 men and women transported to Van Diemen’s Land. Search by name. Read their story. Discover what brought them here, what they built, and what became of them.

ReAssign tells you who stood in this landscape. Unshackled tells you everything that happened to get them here.

Both experiences are included with your General Admission to Woolmers Estate.

Discover the Unshackled Exhibition

Woolmers Estate, Longford

A UNESCO World Heritage Convict Site and one of Australia's finest intact colonial estates. Experience the Assignment System as it was lived, across 18 original buildings dating to 1817.

Brickendon Estate, Longford

A UNESCO World Heritage Convict Site and working farm that has remained in the same family for seven generations. Tune into the podcast "Convict Rations," discover the 3D Convict Quarters and find the augmented reality of William Bracer, The Blacksmith.

Clarendon House, Evandale

An imposing Georgian mansion with a wealth of exploration and education opportunities. ReAssign content here includes video augmented reality of "The Master's Voice" and "Mary Callan: The Housemaid," as well as podcasts exploring resistance, survival and the ghosts that linger in the house.

Clarendon Arms Hotel, Evandale

A historic hotel evoking the warmth of a classic English gastropub. A perfect stop between sites to rest, eat and expand your knowledge of the region's convict history through short videos on the app.

Patterdale and Glover Country, Nile

The restored home and art studio of celebrated landscape painter John Glover, who arrived in Tasmania in the 1830s and painted the land around him with extraordinary faithfulness. The landscape has barely changed in two hundred years.

Regional Trail

Part of a Regional Trail

Woolmers Estate is one of five unique heritage locations connected by the ReAssign experience across the Northern Midlands and Tamar Valley regions of Tasmania. Together they form a remarkable journey through Aboriginal, colonial, agricultural and convict history.

The ReAssign trail was designed to be experienced over several days, giving visitors the opportunity to explore the region’s rich history while enjoying its many restaurants, cafes and boutique accommodation options along the way.

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Plan Your Experience

Each location has its own opening hours and admission arrangements. Visit reassign.net.au for details on all five sites, or speak to our team at Woolmers Estate for recommendations on how to structure your visit across the region.

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