The Cascades Female Factory in Hobart, Tasmania, operated between 1828 and 1856 as a workhouse for female convicts. Intended to segregate women for their own protection and moral improvement, at its peak the factory held 1,200 women and children in overcrowded conditions.
Details
- Series: 2020 World Heritage Australia
- Subject: Cascades Female Factory TAS
- Invalidated:
- Designer: Jason Watts, Australia Post Design Studio
- Printer: RA Printing
- Press:
- Process: Offset lithography
- Colours: Cyan – Magenta – Yellow – Black
- Paper: Tullis Russell Red Phos
- Watermark: None
- Perf: 13.86 x 14.6 (comb)
- Sheet: 50 stamps in one pane
- Quantity:
Gutter Strip
