• The Ross Female Factory, a former Australian workhouse for female convicts in the penal colony of Van Diemen's Land, is located in the village of Ross...
  • The Ross Female Factory Historical Site is located in the town of Ross, just off the Midlands Highway (A1) which runs between Hobart and Launceston.
  • The Ross Female Factory is located on the side road off the main artery (Midland Highway) from Launceston to Hobart.
  • The Ross Female Factory is one of four female factories built in Tasmania. Between 1847 and 1854 it operated as a probation station for female convicts and...
  • When the Ross Female Factory opened the following article appeared in the Hobart Town Gazette (4 April 1848, p.348).
  • The Ross Factory Solitary Cells are highly significant as the only remaining separate treatment cells built explicitly for punishment of female convicts.
  • Grab the Ross Female Factory brochure from the visitor centre, then walk up the track from the top of Church St to get here.
  • Here are some tours and tickets near Ross Female Factory, including discount cards & passes, skip the line tickets and tickets to events & activities in Ross.
  • Opening on the 6th of January, the 1997 season consisted of eighl weeks of excavation al lhe Ross Female Factory site.