The Overseer's Cottage, the only building remaining
Location
Ross, Tasmania
Security class
Former female factory, penal colony
Opened
1848[1]
Closed
1854[1]
The Ross Female Factory, a former Australian workhouse for female convicts in the penal colony of Van Diemen's Land, is located in the village of Ross, in the midlands region of Tasmania. The site was operational between 1848 and 1854.
Collectively, Australia’s convict sites represent an exceptional example of the forced migration of convicts and an extraordinary example of global developments associated with punishment and reform. Representing the female experience, the Ross Female Factory demonstrates how penal transportation was used to expand Britain's spheres of influence, as well as to punish and reform female convicts.
The overseer's cottage is open to public who can get a glimpse of the history of the convict site, which has been kept on display. The archaeological excavations of the site have revealed that the factory was divided into three sections - the Crime Class, the demoted Solitary Cells, and the promoted Hiring Class. These were considered the three stages of reform during the incarceration of the female convicts.[2]
^ abFrost, Lucy (2006). "Female Factories". The Companion to Tasmanian History. University of Tasmania: Centre for Tasmanian Historical Studies. Retrieved 29 April 2012.
^"Ross Female Factory". Parks and Wildlife Service Tasmania.
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