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March 2006 – displays & events for International
Women's Day (4pm–6pm) at Cascades Female Factory,
including:
Wash
Day Blues—This installation celebrated
the resilience of Tasmanian Women by telling
their stories and displaying them on a series
of garment shapes hung from a clothes line.
Senior Momentum held workshops throughout Tasmania
and stories and autobiographical accounts collected
included those of convict ancestors, Aboriginal
and pioneer women, migrants, people with disabilities
and their carers. The project is supported by
Tasmanian Regional Arts.
Female
Family Founders Database
Roses
from the Heart Rose
installation—This installation
was a tribute to women, especially the approximately
25,000 convict women who were shipped to 'parts
unknown' and became the backbone of contemporary
Australian society. The installation took the
form of the symbol of women and be made from
roses. The cross at the base of the circle was
slightly larger than normal to give emphasis
to the symbol normally placed above a grave,
but denied many of the convict women at burial.
Garage
Sale—This was a fundraising event
of the Female Factory Research Group to support
our ongoing research. We raised $238.85.
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