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Parramatta - Female factory

Placename
Parramatta - Female factory
Layer
Convict Sites - Aust and Norfolk Isl.
Type
Other

Details

Description

Described by Macquarie as: A Large Commodious handsome stone Built Barrack and Factory, three Stories high, with Wings of one Story each for the accommodation and residence of 300 Female Convicts... incl. Carding, Weaving and Loom Rooms, workhops, Stores for Wool, Flax, etc... the Whole of the Buildings and said Grounds consisting of about Four acres, being enclosed with a high Stone Wall and Moat or Wet Ditch.

Sources

ID
tc484c

Extended Data

Start Year
1821
End year
1855