
Identity area
Reference code
AU TAS UTAS SPARC W9-Ph-146-2
Title
Cascades' Female Factory
Date(s)
- 1892 (Creation)
Level of description
Sub-item
Extent and medium
1 photograph
Context area
Name of creator
(1859-1930)
Biographical history
John Watt Beattie (1859-1930), photographer and antiquarian, was born on 15 August 1859 at Aberdeen, Scotland, son of John Beattie, master house-painter and photographer, and his wife Esther Imlay, née Gillivray. After a grammar-school education he ... »
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Photograph of the Cascades' Female Factory looking toward Mt Wellington with the Cascade Brewery in the distance. In 1828 a Female Factory opened on the outskirts of Hobart at Cascades. It became the colony's largest Factory, expanding by 1853 into five ... »
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Digital object metadata
Latitude
-42.89342
Longitude
147.29938
Media type
Image
Mime-type
image/jpeg
Filesize
1.6 MiB
Uploaded
January 20, 2021 9:12 PM