Footsteps Towards Freedom in Hobart
Three women and a 10-year-old boy are immortalized in this sculpture memorializing the 13,000 women and children convicts sent to Van Diemen’s Land (now Tasmania) between 1803 and 1853.

📜 Sculpture commemorating 13,000 convict women and 2,000 children transported to Van Diemen’s Land (Tasmania) between 1803 and 1853.
🔍 Unveiled in 2017, created by Irishman Ronan Gillespie, located on Macquarie Wharf, Hobart.

Why Go

🌊 Honors the untold stories of convict women and children
🚶‍♀️ Located at Macquarie Wharf, the historical disembarkation point
📜 Features names, ages, and crimes of convicts on display
🎨 Thought-provoking bronze artwork based on living descendants

Tips

📍 Visit the Cascades Female Factory (now a museum) for related history.
🖼️ Another sculpture, 'From The Shadows', is outside the Cascades Female Factory.
👧👦 Statues of orphan children 'William and Mary Anne' can be found in St John Park.

🅿️ Parking

Parking is available near Hunter Street, Franklin Wharf.

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