Tours and Tickets to Experience Cascades Female Factory Historic Site

Guides were informative and delivered the information well. There is not a lot to see so most of the history is given verbally by the guides. Their story they tell is an important one.

A thought provoking and poignant experience like no other. I had previously taken the Hobart Penitentiary tour and been to the Freemantle prison (both about men prisoners) but treatment of women prisoners was so much worse. It is a travesty that only the Matrons Cottage still stands on the property with very few photos of what the site looked like while occupied by the women. The outlines of the buildings in the dirt give context to the tour information. I opted for a guided tour which was excellent and I recommend that over the self guided tour as you can have your questions answered in real time. I stayed for an extra tour about notorious ladies hosted my MARK which was so enlightening and happened in a different part of the prison site from the general tour. Don't miss this historic site and the dramatic information you can learn about this powerful site. It is an experience I won't soon forget. I am grateful to the National Trust that they have been able to keep this site maintained to this extent. It is an amazing and awesome experience about Tasmanian history.

Such an eye opener! How the ladies managed to survive under these conditions is beyond belief. To be thrown in to these conditions for the “crimes” committed is incredibly sad. We would highly recommend visiting. The staff are very knowledgeable and present a great tour.

Both tours were very well structured and delivered! The most exciting part was the humanistic and emotional aspect of the narrative complementing the whole experience left wanting more! Both tourist guides were tremendously knowledgeable and eager to fulfill our interest! Thank you both Sarah and the beautiful man conducting the first tour! So sorry I cannot remember the name of this gentleman, I was so excited to be there, and being the first tour I missed it! So sorry!

Sad but very informative. Very well thought out. Great presentation. A great example of how to make a historic site interesting when little more than walls are remaining.