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
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" <nanawood@bigpond.com> To: <aus-convicts@rootsweb.com> 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 > AUS-CONVICTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >