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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 has recently been published and
is available from the
site shop.
This booklet provides an excellent account of life
for female convicts at Cascades Female Factory.
Find
out more about the Cascades Female Factory
here.
A
list of 3705 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
4 September 2007. 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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