The Watch House - reopened in November 2004 as part of George Town's Bicentenary of
European settlement
The Watch House features a range on displays conveying the region's rich history
Early 19th Century George Town - Model village,
painstakingly recreated to scale by volunteer labour
A smaller extension of the acclaimed Tasmanian Beicentenary project
"Departures & Arrivals"
by artist Christina Henri, serves as a memorial to the many babies who died in the convict
Female Factories.
George Town's Female factory operated from 1822 - 1834
It's believed that 900 babies died & these bonnets represent each baby
Christina Henri & friends made 900 bonnets & displayed them at each Female factory & had ceremony with children dressed in calico bonnets
Her next project was to make 25,000 ladies calico bonnets representing the Female convicts that were sent to Tasmania
Word went out & Christina started getting packages from overseas as far as UK, Sth Africa, USA, Canada as well as OZ
The bonnets were taken to a Cathedral in Hobart
(I'm not sure when or what year as the movie I watched was a few years old)
they were blessed by the Cardinal & hopefully gave the women peace,
who had such a hard time after being transported to the end of the world
Each bonnet had a convicts name embroidered on it
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