Cascades Female Factory, Historical prison compound in South Hobart, Australia.

Cascades Female Factory is a former female convict workhouse in South Hobart, Tasmania, with three of its original five yards enclosed by stone walls. The site includes the remains of the Matron's Quarters, the Solitary Cells, and the yards where women were housed, worked, and punished.

The Cascades Female Factory was purpose-built in 1828, with its first yard completed that year; a second yard followed in 1832, and yards three, four and five were finished in 1845, 1850 and 1853. It operated as a convict facility until 1856, when the site became a female prison that closed in 1877. Later uses included a boys' reformatory, an isolation hospital and a maternity hospital from 1888 until 1896; the site closed entirely in 1904.

The site's name comes from the Cascades, the damp gully where it stands, and its five yards were built in stages between 1828 and 1853. Convict women lived and worked inside these walls, and the site now keeps a list of female convicts on its website for descendants and researchers.

The site is easy to reach and accessible to visitors with varying mobility needs, with pathways throughout the grounds. Plan to spend about two to three hours to explore the yards and buildings thoroughly.

The Cascades Female Factory is the only surviving female factory with extant remains that convey what such institutions were like. It was inscribed on the World Heritage List in July 2010 together with ten other Australian convict sites, and it also appears on the Australian National Heritage List.