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Cascades Female Factory Historic Site

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Cascades Female Factory Historic Site
Cascades Female Factory Historic Site
Cascades Female Factory Historic Site
Cascades Female Factory Historic Site
Cascades Female Factory Historic Site
Cascades Female Factory Historic Site
Cascades Female Factory Historic Site
Cascades Female Factory Historic Site
Cascades Female Factory Historic Site
Cascades Female Factory Historic Site
Cascades Female Factory Historic Site
Cascades Female Factory Historic Site
Cascades Female Factory Historic Site
Cascades Female Factory Historic Site
Cascades Female Factory Historic Site
Cascades Female Factory Historic Site
Cascades Female Factory Historic Site
Cascades Female Factory Historic Site
Cascades Female Factory Historic Site
Cascades Female Factory Historic Site
Cascades Female Factory Historic Site
Cascades Female Factory Historic Site
Cascades Female Factory Historic Site
Cascades Female Factory Historic Site
Cascades Female Factory Historic Site
Phone:
+61 1800 139 478

Hours:
Sunday9:30am - 4pm
Monday9:30am - 4pm
Tuesday9:30am - 4pm
Wednesday9:30am - 4pm
Thursday9:30am - 4pm
Friday9:30am - 4pm
Saturday9:30am - 4pm


The Cascades Female Factory, a former Australian workhouse for female convicts in the penal colony of Van Diemen's Land, is located in Hobart, Tasmania. Operational between 1828 and 1856, the factory is now one of the 11 sites that collectively comprise the Australian Convict Sites, listed on the World Heritage List by UNESCO.Collectively the Australian Convict Sites represent an exceptional example of the forced migration of convicts and an extraordinary example of global developments associated with punishment and reform. Representing the female experience, the Cascades Female Factory demonstrates how penal transportation was used to expand Britain's spheres of influence, as well as to punish and reform female convicts. Now operational as a museum and tourist attraction, the site is managed by the Port Arthur Historic Site Management Authority.
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