The Cascades Female Factory Audio Experience
The Cascades Female Factory Audio Experience provides an overview of the history of the site as well as the stories of the women and children that spent time here. Most of the structures and buildings that made up the Cascades Female Factory have been removed or lost with time. Today, you can take your time as you wander through the space and listen to true tales of the courage, resourcefulness and resilience of the women lived, worked and aspired to a better life outside these same walls. The audio experience fills in the space between then and now.
The Cascades Female Factory Audio Experience
Latest Episodes
Chapter 1: Welcome to Country (Location: Visitor Centre)
Written and recorded by the Tasmanian Aboriginal Community. Cascades Female Factory is located on the traditional homelands of the muwinina people. We acknowledge the muwinina people, the traditional owners of the Land u...
Chapter 2: Introduction (Location: Yard 3 on way to Yard 1)
A brief introduction to the Cascades Female Factory Historic Site Audio Tour.If at Cascades Female Factory, we recommend you listen to this chapter outside the Visitor Centre, on your way to Yard One (stop 2).
Chapter 3: Yard One (Location: Yard 1)
Discover the labyrinth of buildings, walls and structures that once filled Yard One - the first yard of the Cascades Female Factory. If at Cascades Female Factory, we recommend you listen to this chapter in Yard One (stop 3).
Chapter 4: Arrival (Location: Yard 1)
After months at sea, women convicts entered through these gates to begin their sentence at the Female Factory. If at Cascades Female Factory, we recommend you listen to this chapter at the original entrance to the Factory (stop 4).&...
