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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 compose the Australian Convict Sites , listed on the World Heritage List by UNESCO .
"The World Heritage-listed Cascades Female Factory Historic Site in South Hobart is Australia’s most significant site associated with female convicts and sits in the shadow of Mount Wellington, a short distance from the Hobart CBD." [5] When the factory operated from 1828 to 1856, more than 5,000 convict women spent time there. The factory ...
Cascades Female Factory. Parramatta female factory, Parramatta, New South Wales (2 factories) Newcastle, New South Wales; Port Macquarie, New South Wales (2 factories) Moreton Bay, Queensland; Five female factories operated in Van Diemen's Land (now Tasmania) during the period of transportation: Cascades Female Factory [2] Ross Female Factory [3]
Today, the Cascades Female Factory remains as a historic site for tourists to explore the heritage of Hobart’s female convict landscape. By 1851, there was a sum of approximately 12,000 convict women that had been transported to the Van Diemen’s Land colony. [ 29 ]
The rivulet rises on the slopes of Mount Wellington and flows generally northeast over O'Grady's Falls, Strickland Falls, through South Hobart and past what was known as the World Heritage-listed Cascades Female Factory towards the Hobart central business district.
Hobart, Tasmania: Centre for Tasmanian Historical Studies, University of Tasmania. ISBN 1-86295-223-X. OCLC 61888464. Alexander, Alison (2010). Tasmania's convicts: how felons built a free society. Crows Nest, NSW: Allen & Unwin, ISBN 9781742372051; Robson, L. L. (1983). A History of Tasmania. Volume I. Van Diemen's Land From the Earliest Times ...
Cascades is a suburb of Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. It is immediately west of the city centre, in the foothills of Mount Wellington. It is the location of the Cascade Brewery. The suburb is between South Hobart and Fern Tree; and incorporates residential areas on Strickland Avenue and Huon Road.
Indefatigable arrived at Hobart Town in 1812 and was the first vessel to transport convicts to Van Diemen's Land (now Tasmania). There was a break until 1818 when Minerva arrived. Thereafter one or more vessels arrived each year until 26 May 1853 when St Vincent became the last to arrive.