I was a ward of the state. The horrors of the Parramatta Girls’ Home were legendary
- Written by: Jacqueline Z. Wilson, Adjunct Associate Professor in History, Australian Catholic University
Readers are advised this article discusses sexual abuse.
In the Sydney suburb of North Parramatta sits a cluster of very old buildings known as the “Parramatta Female Factory Precinct”.
Built in 1821 to house and provide productive employment for the New South Wales colony’s growing population of female convicts, it was also the...
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