Since November 1995. SIITI'ey and excavations have been COlldllcled at Ihe Ross Female FaclOry. a midlIineteenfh-cemury
female conv;ct site ;n Tasman;a. Community volunleers. local scllOolleachers. Aboriginal
Heritage Officers. anti IIniversity srudellls from bOfh Ttwnania alltl the Australian mainland participated in
fieldwork as pari of the Ross Factory Archaeology Project. This arliele presents preliminary reSElIIS of the
1995 anti 1997 excavation seasons at the Ross Female Factory