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This in-person storytelling experience takes visitors on an emotional journey through the stories of seven remarkable convict women who faced life’s hardships with resilience. These women were often underestimated, belittled and forgotten. Seen by society as ‘notorious strumpets’ - when there was so much more to each and every woman. Through these varied stories learn about how female convicts were treated by society, and how they sometimes managed to overcome prejudice and inequality to succeed - despite all odds. Tour prices: (includes site entry and the audio experience).

Beneath the shadow of Mount Wellington, the UNESCO World Heritage-listed Cascades Female Factory is the best place to connect with some of the lesser-known stories of Australia's female convicts. It is located in South Hobart, only a short distance from the Hobart waterfront. The Cascades Female Factory was a self-contained, purpose-built institution intended to reform female convicts, where the inmates did laundry and needlework services, offsetting some of the Colony's penal costs. Thousands of women and children were imprisoned here, and many never left. The Convict Women's Tour is a comprehensive guided tour of the Site. It lasts approximately 45 minutes. The first tour starts at 10 am. The NEW Notorious Strumpets & Dangerous Girls is an emotional journey through the stories of seven remarkable convict women who faced life’s hardships with resilience. Allow approximately 60 minutes. Every Saturday, Sunday and Tuesday at 1 pm.

kunanyi Mountain Run is an epic trail running festival celebrating Hobart’s mountain culture, where every participant can feel the power of connection with the place, and people, of the Mountain, kunanyi. It is borne from a grassroots demand from the Australian trail running community to hold an immersive event in Australia's only Mountain capital.