When Narryna opened as the Van Diemen’s Land Memorial Folk Museum in 1957, its emphasis was exclusively on free settler narratives. The Cascades Female Factory at South Hobart has been inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage list as part of the serial listing of Australian Convict Sites. Narryna as a colonial household to which women convicts were assigned offers other insights into the experience of convict women. Research to date has revealed the identities of 42 women convicts assigned to the Haig family who built Narryna. This series of blog posts shares research into their lives. Go to our Tours page to book into the tour, Rebellious, Resourceful and Resilient! Narryna’s Convict Women which runs each Tuesday morning. Click on the image above to learn more.
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