Historic Site The World Heritage-listed Cascade Female Factory is Australia’s most significant site associated with female convicts. Women were incarcerated here as punishment, to be reformed, or while waiting to be assigned. Tours and The Proud and Punished dramatised walking tour bring its history to life. The Coal Mines Historic Site is an outstanding example of the 19th-century European global strategy of using the forced labour of convicts. Illustrating the importance of labour and production, classification, punishment and surveillance in the penal system and the role of the convict in the establishment of colonial economies. Entry to the site is free.
include: Increased cleaning & sanitising of high-touch surfaces and spaces Reducing the number of people in our indoor spaces, and providing directions for everyone to adhere to social distancing guidelines Reducing the number of customers per tour Ensuring our staff exercise best practice personal hygiene Hand-sanitiser stations A full refund of your ticket purchase will be made if: border restrictions or other government policy relevant to your origin of travel directly impacts your capacity to visit Port Arthur Historic Site or Cascades Female Factory. A customer is diagnosed with COVID-19 prior to departure date; or are feeling unwell with any symptom(s) consistent with COVID-19, including any flu or cold-like symptom(s); A customer is directed to self-isolate due to a close, casual or secondary contact with a known or suspected case of COVID-19.