Surprisingly, Greg, you seem to accept this without mention of author or source. I can recall being told when I commenced my nursing training at the Sydney Children's Hospital (Camperdown) many years ago that the Parramatta Hospital at that time (1966) was on the site of the old Female Factory. Again, I have no proof. Would my noting of the source make it any more likely to be true? Cheers, Jan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Greg Bugden" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, August 10, 2008 8:24 AM Subject: Re: [AUS-CON] Female factory Parramatta > Thanks Carol, > I was not aware of the location of the building till your post. Your input > adds to my knowledge and to my Honora McCue file. > Cheers > Greg > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Carol Wood" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, August 09, 2008 4:54 PM > Subject: Re: [AUS-CON] Female factory Parramatta > > >> Hi Greg, >> >> I am also interested in the first female factory but have never been able >> to >> get much information except this below. I don't know that the building >> in >> Parramatta was a Female Factory, probably more like a women's temporary >> barracks. I believe there was also a very early female factory or >> barracks >> somewhere in the city, maybe Macquarie Street, which was later given to >> Caroline Chisholm to house immigrant women. I would be glad to hear from >> anyone who may know something about these two very early buildings. >> >> "Parramatta's Prince Alfred Park was the site of the first Female Factory >> in >> Australia, in 1804. It then moved to Fleet Street and remains of the >> factory, which opened in 1821, can be seen today." >> >> Carol Wood >> >> >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >