- One of the most compelling aspects of visiting the Cascades Female Factory is the opportunity to hear the personal stories of the convicts.
- When visiting Cascades Female Factory a guided tour is highly recommended as it will help bring the story. of this challenging but very special place to life.
- Failed distillery turned 'cold' prison. The Cascades Female Factory started with one yard, but by the end of transportation this had grown to five.
- Book your Cascades Female Factory tickets online! Save time and money with our best price guarantee make the most of your visit to Hobart!
- The Cascades Female Factory opened in 1828, taking over the premises of a failed distillery in the foothills of Mount Wellington.
- Some rooms in the Macquarie Street Gaol filled in as a brief Hobart "Female Factory" in the mid-1820s. The Cascades Female Factory was reason worked in...
- Cascades Female Factory is located close to Hobart Linear Park on the island of Tasmania — once known as Van Diemen’s Land — in Australia.
- The Cascades Female Factory opened in 1828 to house female and children convicts who were now segregated from the male.
- The World Heritage Listed Cascades Female Factory site just south of Hobart is the most significant site we have today relating to female convicts in Australia.
- The factory was established in 1828 and served as a female convict prison until 1856. It was one of the four main female factories in Tasmania and housed...