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.
Women were incarcerated here as punishment, to be reformed, or while waiting to be assigned. With guards, nurses and babies, up to 1000 people lived here at any one time.
It is managed by the Port Arthur Historic Site Management Authority and is one of eleven historic places that constitute the Australian Convict Sites World Heritage property.
We offer a range of heritage tours and visitor experiences.
Discover the stories of female convicts and their children on a guided heritage tour, experience a dramatic interpretation of convict life or enjoy afternoon tea with the matron.
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