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 Welcome to Parragirls where you will find information about the Parramatta Girls Home,
Hay Institution for Girls, Industrial Training Schools, Kamballa & Taldree juvenile centres and the Roman Catholic Orphan
School.
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Parramatta
Girls Home (PGH) was a child welfare institution also
known as Parramatta Girls Industrial (GIS) & Training School (GTS)and Kamballa. Built as a government orphanage for
Roman Catholic Children in 1841 the institution was re-assigned as the Industrial School for Females in 1887 and operated
until 1986. Located at1 Fleet Street North
Parramatta the site remains in use as a periodic detention centre for women.
Upwards and possibly more than 30,000 girls aged
between 11 and 18 passed through this institution. On average 90% of girls were committed on the offence or complaint
of 'Neglected' and charged with Exposed to Moral Danger by the childrens courts.
Living Memorial campaign
The first reunion of the Parramatta Girls took place in 2003, since then former
inmates have started the LIVING MEMORIAL campaign calling for the designation of the former Girls Home to be established as
the National Centre for the Forgotten Australians, with the southern portion as the Burramattagal Centre for Indigenous Australians
and the adjacent site of the former Female Factory as the National Women's Heritage Centre.
14 Years of Hell
an anthology of the Hay Girls Institution 1961-1974
published by Women About Hay: order by email or
phone 02 6993 1002.
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Fleet St, North Parramatta
NSW Australia
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