Port Arthur may refer to:
Places
Australia
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Port Arthur, Tasmania
Port Arthur is a town and former convict settlement on the Tasman Peninsula, in Tasmania, Australia. It is located approximately southeast of the state capital, Hobart.
The site forms part of the Australian Convict Sites, a World Heritag ...
, the site of a historic convict settlement
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Port Arthur massacre (Australia)
The Port Arthur massacre was a mass shooting that occurred on 28 April 1996 at Port Arthur, a tourist town in the Australian state of Tasmania. The perpetrator, Martin Bryant, killed 35 people and wounded 23 others, the deadliest massacre i ...
, which occurred in Port Arthur, Tasmania in 1996
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Port Arthur, South Australia, a locality
Canada
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Port Arthur, Ontario
Port Arthur was a city in Northern Ontario, Canada, located on Lake Superior. In January 1970, it was amalgamated with Fort William and the townships of Neebing and McIntyre to form the city of Thunder Bay.
Port Arthur became the district seat ...
, a former city, now a part of Thunder Bay
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Port Arthur (federal electoral district)
Port Arthur was a federal electoral district represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1935 to 1979. It was located in the province of Ontario. This riding was created in 1933 from parts of Port Arthur—Thunder Bay riding.
It consi ...
China
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Port Arthur, China
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, now called Lüshunkou District, in the city of Dalian
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Port Arthur massacre (China)
The Port Arthur massacre () took place during the First Sino-Japanese War from 21 November 1894 for three days, in the Chinese coastal city of Port Arthur (now Lüshunkou District of Dalian, Liaoning), when advance elements of the First Divis ...
in the Sino-Japanese War in 1894
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Battle of Port Arthur
The of 8–9 February 1904 marked the commencement of the Russo-Japanese War. It began with a surprise night attack by a squadron of Imperial Japanese Navy, Japanese destroyers on the neutral country, neutral Imperial Russian Navy, Russian fl ...
, a sea battle in the Russo-Japanese War in 1904
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Siege of Port Arthur
The siege of Port Arthur (, ''Ryojun Kōisen''; , ''Oborona Port-Artura'', August 1, 1904 – January 2, 1905) was the longest and most violent land battle of the Russo-Japanese War.
Port Arthur, the deep-water port and Russian naval base ...
, a land battle in 1904
Finland
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VIII District, Turku
The VIII District, also known as Port Arthur (or Portsa in colloquial Finnish), is one of the central districts of Turku, Finland. It is located on the west side of the river Aura, between ''Puistokatu'' and the IX District (''Länsiranta''). ...
, a district in Turku
United States
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Port Arthur, Texas
Port Arthur is a city in the state of Texas, United States of America, located east of metro Houston. Part of the Beaumont–Port Arthur metropolitan area, the city lies primarily in Jefferson County, with a small extension in Orange County. ...
, a city in the United States
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Port Arthur, Wisconsin, an unincorporated community
Movies
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''Port Arthur'' (film), a 1936 drama film directed by Nicolas Farkas
Games
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''Port Arthur'' (wargame), a 1977 board wargame that simulates the 1904 Siege of Port Arthur
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