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The
Female Factory Historic Site is NOW listed
on the National Heritage Register.
Draft
Conservation Management Plan
The
draft Cascades Female Factory Conservation
Mangement Plan has now closed for public
comment.
The Cascades
Female Factory, South Hobart is Australia’s
premier female convict site. The Female
Factory operated between 1828 and 1856 and
comprised five conjoined rectangular sandstone
compounds or ‘yards’ to house
and reform convict women. More than half
the 25,000 women transported to Australia
came to Van Diemen’s Land, and most
had a connection or association with the
Cascades Female Factory.
The heritage
values of the site are recognised at a local
and state level, with listing in the City
of Hobart Planning Scheme and in the Tasmanian
Heritage Register respectively. The site's
national and international values are also
being acknowledged, with the site recently
nominated to the National Heritage List
and included in the Australian Government's
convict serial nomination to the World Heritage
List.
In recognising
the site's outstanding heritage values the
Department of Tourism, Arts and the Environment
(DTAE) commissioned a Conservation Management
Plan in late 2006.
The aim
of the Conservation Management Plan is to
assist in developing policies and strategies
for the protection and management of the
site. The plan primarily focuses on land
areas known as Yard 1 (the ‘Female
Factory Historic Site’ managed by
the Parks and Wildlife Service, DTAE) and
Yards 3 and 4 South (owned and managed by
the Female Factory Historic Site Ltd).
Yard 1, managed by
Parks & Wildlife Service, DTAE. |
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Matron's Cottage,
owned and managed by
Female Factory Historic Site Ltd. |
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The site is located
in South Hobart,
in the foothills of Mt Wellington.
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Solitary cell foundations
in Yard 3.
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Remains of the perimeter
wall in Yard 1. |
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Side view of Matron's
Cottage showing
messenger's door. |
Tasmanian
Heritage Council Data Sheet
The
Tasmanian Heritage Council has drafted
a data sheet for the Cascades Female Factory
for comment. Please direct
comments to the Tasmanian
Heritage Council.
DRAFT
Data Sheet for Cascades Female Factory
This data
sheet is part of the process for World Heritage
Nomination for the site.
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