Female factory
Cultivating a therapeutic landscape
Tracing the evolution of the Parramatta Female Factory to a hospital
Female Factory, Parramatta
The majority of women convicts were engaged in the manufacture of wool and linen at the Female Factory. A smaller number were employed as hospital nurses and midwives, as servants to officers, and in caring for orphans
Webinar: Parramatta Female Factory
Join social history curator and writer Gay Hendriksen and Emily Hanna for a conversation about the history of the Female Factory and the records that tell their stories