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Cascades
Female Factory operated between 1828 and 1856.
The Colonial Government bought the site of Lowes Rum
Distillery in 1827 and extended the existing buildings
to house the increasing numbers of female convicts
under sentence in the colony. The colonial architect
undertaking this task was the well-known John Lee
Archer.
The
complex gradually extended to encompass a series of
five yards, around which cells, storerooms, workrooms
and offices were built.
Footsteps
and Voices: An historical look into the Cascades
Female Factory and Convict Lives: Women at
Cascades Female Factory are available from the
site shop.
These books provides excellent accounts of life for
female convicts at Cascades Female Factory.
Find
out more about the Cascades Female Factory
here.
A
list of 5,041 female convicts known
to have spent some time at Cascades Female Factory—either
serving a sentence, awaiting assignment/hiring or
awaiting confinement—is provided here.
This list has been extracted from the Female
Family Founders Database and is current as at
9 August 2010. It is by no means
complete and will continue to be added to as our database
grows. Come back regularly for updates.
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