Cascades Female Factory
16 Degraves St, South Hobart TAS 7004
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The World Heritage-listed Cascades Female Factory tells the story of the displacement, mistreatment and forced migration of convict women and girls, and their contribution to colonisation throughout the history of colonial Australia to the present day.
2 Programs at Cascades Female Factory
Step into the past – convict women lives at cascades
In this one-hour workshop, students will hear the story of mary derrick – a young woman who spent time at cascades female factory. they will learn about convict history, why people were transported to van diemen’s land and what life was like at the time. they will compare what life was like then with now (through hand washing and making a victorian era toy).
$300 per group
From 1:10
60 min
Cascades female factory - Guided tour
British transportation of convicts to australia was the world’s first attempt to build a new society on the labour of convicted prisoners. in total around 25,000 women were transported to australia for their crimes, and current research suggests that over 6,000 of them spent at least part of their sentence within the walls of the cascades female factory.
Humanities & Social Science
$10 per student
From 1:10
Staff-led
45 min