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Whispers Newsletters
2010
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Sunday
16 May, 1.30 pm
Irish Roses – To
honour the Irish Emigrants, Famine Victims and Convicts
who left their homeland and came to Australia. It will
include a memorial walk from South Hobart Primary School,
McKenzie Street, following in the steps of the Irish convict
women, to the Cascades Female Factory (travel via Macquarie
St/Cascade Rd - Macfarlane St - Macfarlane St footbridge
- Rivulet path to Cascades Female Factory). There will
be a short remembrance including the laying of a wreath,
music and participants will be regaled with convict fare
of bread and water. A free community event, to participate
please register with the FFHS
office.
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14,
21, 28 May, 11 am to 3 pm: Matron's Cottage,
Cascades Female Factory
Irish Roses – Artist
Christina Henri will be in attendance to talk about Roses
from the Heart®. Christina will be joined by FFHS
volunteer Margaret Benham, who prepares the project bonnet
kits that are on sale in our site shop and Liz Price a
skilled embroiderer and needlewoman who can assist you
with ideas for making and decorating a bonnet for the
project.
Admission is by a gold coin donation and free tea, coffee
and biscuits will be available for participants.
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Past Events
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November 2009, 7:30 pm: Yard 1, Cascades Female
Factory
Songs in the Blood –
stories of women living with HIV/AIDS
A free community event.
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July – 18 September 2009, Mon–Fri 10am–3pm:
Cascades Female Factory Matron's Cottage & Penitentiary
Chapel Historic Site.
Women Transported – the National Touring
Exhibition from the Parramatta Heritage Centre.
Cost: free at both venues
Find out more about the event in the August
2009 Newsletter Whispers.
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& 31 May 2009, 2pm: State Cinema, Elizabeth
St, Hobart
Special limited screening of Voices
In The Dark, a new independently produced half hour
documentary on Christina Henri and her amazing project
Roses from the Heart®.
Cost $9.50
Find out more about the event in the May
2009 Newsletter Whispers.
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March 2009, 1:15pm: Cascades Female Factory
Hand Over Ceremony, gifting Yards
3 and 4 South (Matron's Cottage) of the Cascades Site
to the people of Tasmania by the Female Factory Historic
Site Ltd. Read about the event in the May
2009 Newsletter Whispers.
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February
2009 : WD Booth
Gallery Exhibition
Louisa Ann Meredith
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February 2009: Yard
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Australia's Governor General, Ms Quentin Bryce AC and
her husband Mr Michael Bryce AM, AE visited Cascades Female
Factory and the Governor General took part in a tree planting
ceremony.
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April 2008 – Female Factory Historic Site, Tasmanian
Museum and Art Gallery & Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens
celebrate from 10am
Tasmania's Oldest Birthday – Convicts, Conifers
and Curios |
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2007 –
"First Steps"—the
first exhibition to be held in the W.D. Booth Gallery,
Matron's Cottage—features
rarely seen colonial christening robes and 19th century
lace baby caps, including the Harriet Pullen christening
gown and the Cox family christening gown. The exhibition
also features works by artist Christina
Henri.
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April 2007 – Opening
of the W.D. Booth Gallery, Matron's
Cottage by the Governor of Tasmania, His Excellency,
the Hon William Cox. |
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March 2007 –
Roses from the Heart®
presented by
Christina Henri—bonnets
installation (part 1), Cascades Female Factory |
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March 2007 –
Blessing of the Bonnets
presented by
Christina Henri—bonnets
installation (part 1), St David's Cathedral |
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February–16 May 2006 – Departures & Arrivals
Exhibition, Hyde Park Barracks,
Queens Square, Macquarie St, Sydney (more
information) |
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April
2006 – "Lifting the Veil of Amnesia",
Tasmaniana Library, State Library of Tasmania, 91 Murray
St, Hobart,
presented by
Christina Henri
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March 2006 –
Roses from the Heart®
presented by
Christina Henri
in Yard 1, Female Factory Historic Site—Rose installation
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13 November 2005–January 2006 – Departures &
Arrivals Exhibition, Port
Arthur Historic Site—on the grassy slope adjacent to the
Policeman's Cottage (more
information) |
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January 2006 – 10am–4pm – "Treading the Steps"
– a re-enactment of the walk of the Harmony convicts
and children from Sullivan's Cove to Cascades Female Factory
(more
information) |
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November–1 December 2005 – Rajah
Quilt Contemporary Exhibition
from the Tasmanian Bicentenary |
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November 2005 – 1:15pm – Launch of A
Drift of 'Derwent Ducks':
Lives of the 200 female Irish convicts transported on
the Australasia from Dublin to Hobart in 1849
by
Trudy Mae Cowley – held
at Cascades Female Factory Historic Site, launch by Prof
Lucy Frost, address by
Paul Lennon, Premier of Tasmania
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November 2005 – Service to receive the 1828
Christening Robe made by
female convict(s) at Cascades Female Factory – held at
the Wesley Uniting Church, Melville St, Hobart (more
information) |
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November 2005 – Launch of the Rajah
Quilt Contemporary Exhibition
at Forestry Tasmania by Mrs Honey Bacon |
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November 2005 – Launch of the new interactive
Primary
School Tour
by the Minister for Education, Paula Wriedt |
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March 2004 –
Departures and Arrivals
presented by
Christina Henri
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March 2001 –
Slipping Through the Cracks
presented by
Lisa Morisset,
Jo Richardson and
Jody Kingston
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The
Female Factory Research Group also hosts
events.
Gifting of Christening
Robe
Photogram images created by
Christina Henri of the 1828
Christening Robe
donated by the Goode family to the Tasmanian Museum & Art Gallery
to be displayed in the Matron's Cottage at the Female Factory Historic
Site
(click on the images to view full size)
Harmony
Re-Enactment – "Treading the Steps"
The
female convict transport Harmony arrived in Hobart from
England on 14 January 1829. The women were held on-board
for 8 days before being disembarked at 4am and marched, with
their children, to Cascades Female Factory. They were
the first ship-load of female convicts to be incarcerated at
the factory.
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22 January 2006, a re-enactment of the walk of the Harmony
women and children from Sullivan's Cove to the Female Factory
Historic Site took place, though at a more reasonable hour.
The Lady Nelson, acting as the Harmony, disembarked
the 100 women and their children and, after participating in
a drill and roll call, they walked through the streets of Hobart,
along the Rivulet Walk, past
Blundstone tannery, towards
the female factory, arriving just after noon.
The walkers were accompanied by drummers and marines.
Upon arrival at the Female Factory Historic Site, the 'female
convicts and children' were welcomed by the 'Matron' and entertainments
continued until 3pm, even the temperature reached 39 degrees.
Entertainments included:
The
re-enactment was sponsored by
Blundstone footwear.
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