Female Factory @FemaleFactory
Australia’s most significant site associated with female convicts sits in the shadow of Mount Wellington, a short distance from the Hobart CBD. World Heritage. femalefactory.org.au Hobart, Tasmania, Australia Joined February 2011-
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Meet featured historian, Dr. Dianne Snowden AM, who has written histories on convict women and their "orphan children" who were transported to #Tasmania. glli-us.org/2023/04/23/tas… #TasmanianLitMonth #TasmanianHistory #HistoryFromBelow #Twitterhistorians 🧵
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Shadows and shapes at @FemaleFactory in Hobart, Tasmania.
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A couple more photos from the grounds of @FemaleFactory. 🧱
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A generous donation from descendants of Dr Thomas Coke Brownell the very first of the qualified medical staff appointed to the Port Arthur settlement in 1832 portarthur.org.au/2022/06/genero… #artefacts #history #Collections
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On Friday we launched a new History & Interpretation Centre at the Cascades Female Factory and reopened the site for the first time in almost a year. So nice to see this project come to fruition!
The Cascades Female Factory has reopened! Bringing to light the stories of dispossession, mistreatment and the forced migration of convict women and their children, and their contribution our history of colonial Australia to the present femalefactory.org.au
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Cascades @femalefactory reopens with a compelling new history and interpretation centre. hubs.la/Q016M9rh0
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Federal funding for historic convict sites welcomed #politas premier.tas.gov.au/site_resources…
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Thousands of convicts died in Tasmania. Where many lie remains a mystery abc.net.au/news/2020-07-0…
We are Open! We can't wait to see you all again. It's #schoolholidays and we're offering free of charge entry for children from now until 31 Dec femalefactory.org.au #hobartandbeyond #schoolholidays #australianconvictsites #holidayherethisyear
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Don't know if you've heard but we're opening our doors tomorrow! From now until 31 Dec we're offering FREE entry for kids & everyone will receive a complimentary pass for re-entry anytime in the next 2yrs portarthur.org.au #schoolholidays #holidayherethisyear #covidsafe
Have you heard? We're opening our doors tomorrow! Children admitted FREE from now until 31 Dec. Come and experience our new Proud & the Punished dramatised tour femalefactory.org.au #covidsafe #holidayherethisyear #hobartandbeyond #australianconvictsites
Following 105 days of closure due to the pandemic, the World Heritage-listed Port Arthur & Cascades Female Factory Historic Sites will reopen with free entry for children and a complimentary two-year Ticket of Leave pass for all sites from Friday 3 July femalefactory.org.au
@Callum_Jones_10 Great article @Callum_Jones_10 👏 Thanks for joining our first tour!
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The Cascades Female Factory Historic Site has launched a new 45-minute, one-woman performance called The Proud and The Punished. Read my review of the performance here: tasmaniantimes.com/2020/01/review… Review published by The Tasmanian Times. @FemaleFactory
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