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Female Factory Historic Site
Ltd is a non-profit company which currently owns Yard 3 and the
Matron's Cottage in Yard 4 at the Cascades Female Factory Historic Site.
(Yard 1 is owned by the State Government and is administered by Department
of Primary Industry, Water and the Environment.)
The company was formed when
Yard 3 was bought in October 1999 using monies from a Commonwealth
Government Centenary of Federation Grant. The grant of $975,000
enabled purchase of the walls and buildings located
on the site, and progressed much needed conservation, archaeological and
interpretive work at the site.
 Female
Factory Historic Site Ltd later purchased the Matron's Cottage in Yard 4
with assistance from the Tasmanian Government, Tattersalls and the estate
of a Launceston philanthropist.
By the end of 2009, Yard 3 and the Matron's Cottage will be gifted to the
people of Tasmania.
The Chairman of the Female
Factory Historic Site Ltd is the Hon. Peter Rae AO, a former Federal
Senator, State Minister, Solicitor and recently retired as Chairman of the
Hydro. The Female Factory Historic Site Ltd has been administered
since its inception by Project Manager, Shirley McCarron.
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