Place

Want to visit the Precinct or discover more about its history or heritage ....


Trace

Parramatta Female Factory Precinct is part of the narrative of our nation and has inspired many interpretive works in arts & media both past and present.

Identity 

Parramatta Female Factory Precinct has powerful connections for many people including convict descendants and the Forgotten Australians of its former child welfare institutions.

get involved in calls for the Precinct's designation as a cultural and heritage tourism destination open and accessible to all Australians.
abandon all hope book

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Abandon all Hope - a history of Parramatta Girls Industrial School order your copy here.

Welcome 

to Parramatta Female Factory Precinct (Parragirls) website where you will find information on the convict Female Factory, Roman Catholic Orphan School and Parramatta Girls Home. 

News

Gillard hears precinct plan | Parramatta Advertiser April 11, 2012 

George Pell: The truth about our past and the convicts | The Sunday Telegraph March 25, 2012

Cemetery and dam join NSW heritage list | Channel 9 news Fri 23 Mar 


Community Cabinet seeks Public Input | Parramatta Sun 1  March 2012

Events

Im/material Traces  -a photographic exhibition that captures the im/material traces of lives once lived in the Ireland’s vast network of state funded and religious run institutions. Venue: Female Orphan School Gallery, West Wing, building EZ, Parramatta Campus UWS 17 Mar - 4 Jun 2012 

Quick Links

Education 

The new national curriculum will feature the Parramatta Female Factory Precinct with topics on convicts, women and children of the orphanages and Homes....more

Arts & Media

Creative works inspired by the people and places of the Precinct...more

History

Where you will find information and resources on the Female Factory, Roman Catholic Orphanage, Girls Industrial School/Home and the settlement of Parramatta...more

Convicts & Characters

Read about the convicts and characters of the Precinct...more

Footsteps

Learn about the children of the Female Factory, the Orphanage and the Girls Home...more

Parragirls

A contact register and support network for former Parramatta Girls - information on services, activities and projects...more