We have prepared a conservation management plan
for the Cascades Female Factory in South Hobart — one of 11 female factories that operated in Eastern Australia during the convict transportation era. The overall site comprises five conjoined, walled and rectangular yards, some of which are now in private ownership and have been redeveloped.

Buildings and structures originally located in the yards include accommodation such as cell blocks, solitary apartments, guards' apartments and the matron's cottage; and ancillary buildings and elements such as: laundries, cook houses, medical quarters, latrines, assorted workshops and a chapel. While the majority of these structures are no longer extant, in terms of aboveground fabric, they are still evidenced in part by below ground archaeological features, including foundations, footings and potential artefact deposits.

The conservation management plan analyses and assesses the cultural heritage significance of the place, and provides policies and strategies to guide future management, use and conservation activities at the site.