Cascades Female Factory

Cascades Female Factory

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prison_name=Cascades Female Factory
location=South Hobart, Tasmania
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opened=1828
closed=1877
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Cascades Female Factory was an Australian prison in South Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. The site comprises five yards, cemetery and outbuildings and is contained within a rectangular city block.

The Cascades Female Factory was built in 1828 and operated until 1856. It was intended to remove women convicts from the negative influences and temptations of Hobart, and also to protect society from what was seen as their immorality and corrupting influence. The Factory was located, however, in an area of damp swamp land, and with overcrowding, poor sanitation and inadequate food and clothes, there was a high rate of disease and mortality among its inmates.

The Cascades Female Factory is the only remaining female factory with extant remains which give a sense of what female factories were like. It is included on the Australian National Heritage List. [ [http://www.environment.gov.au/heritage/places/national/cascade-female-factory/information.html National heritage listing for Cascades Female Factory] ]

The site is open every day (except Christmas) and holds regular tours.

References

ee also

* Female Factory

External links

* [http://www.femalefactory.com.au Cascades Female Factory Historic Site]
* [http://www.heritage.tas.gov.au/media/pdf/Cascades%20datasheet%2027Nov07%20-%20public%20release.pdf Tasmanian Heritage Council information package]


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