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Parramatta Female Factory original building
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Parramatta Female Factory

BySally Jerapetritis January 2, 2023January 22, 2023

All female convicts who arrived in New South Wales in the 1820s and ’30s without a husband or job faced a common fate: long days and even longer nights in the Parramatta Female Factory. This imposing sandstone building on the banks of the Parramatta River served as a workhouse, prison and hospital. Residents received food and…

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