Category: Parramatta Female Factory

Categories: Australian Convict Penal Colonies | Colony of New South Wales (1788-1900)

The first settlement was formed here in the latter part of 1788, the year in which the colony was founded The first Female Factory was built at Parramatta in 1804 and was replaced by a three storey barracks built in 1821 it was mainly used to house women who had committed local offences, convict women with children and convict girls unsuitable for work with the settlers.
The barracks was surrounded by a 12 feet high wall which some liberty loving inmates had no difficulty in clambering over. The Female Factory was described by the London Missionary Society in 1824 as, "...a house of refuge for the most forlorn of human beings..."

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Catherine (Ahern) Elliott abt 1786 Ireland - 16 Feb 1860

Sarah (Alexander) Bell 1803 County Galway, Ireland - 12 Jun 1853

Mary (Armstrong) Ramsey abt 1789 - 12 Nov 1818

Elizabeth (Azire) Speed 08 Feb 1781 Clerkenwell St James, Middlesex, England - 12 Jun 1842

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Charlotte Badger 1778 Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, England - aft 1843

Thomas Bell abt 1798 Ireland - 05 Sep 1872

Elizabeth (Bird) Theobald 1811 County Galway, Ireland - 25 Dec 1878

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Harriett (Chapman) Davison 18 Oct 1837 Parramatta Female Factory, Colony of New South Wales, Australia. - 16 May 1872

Amelia (Cole) Cook abt 1791 Suffolk, England - 09 Jun 1841

Mary (Connor) Gray abt 1800 Cork, County Cork, Ireland - abt 06 Apr 1889

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Maria (Dawson) Roberts 20 Mar 1787 Liverpool, Lancashire, England - 21 Feb 1853

Honora (Dennehy) Atkins abt 1816 Cork, Ireland

Mary (Dunn) Foran abt 1786 County Carlow, Ireland - 13 Feb 1831

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Jane (Foster) Eaton 30 Apr 1774 Carlisle, Cumberland, England - 31 Mar 1840

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Caroline Gordon 1813 Portsmouth, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom - 28 Aug 1853

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Ellen (Hamer) Cannon 08 Feb 1811 Lancashire, England, United Kingdom - 20 Dec 1871

Harriet (Hatfield) Jones abt 1811 England, United Kingdom - 27 Dec 1865

Mary Hines abt 1784 County Westmeath, Ireland

Rose (Hines) Blake abt 1814 County Westmeath, Ireland

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Catherine (Johnson) Moore abt 1770 London, Middlesex, England - 18 May 1838

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Catherine (Kelly) Horton abt 1801 County Dublin, Ireland

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Hannah (Lamb) Riley abt 1794 Somerset, England - 22 Apr 1850

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Mary (McDermid) Parry 17 Jun 1823 Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland, United Kingdom - 13 Jan 1895

Margaret Morgan abt 1801 County Down, Ireland - May 1842

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Zillah (O'Brien) Whitaker 27 Jun 1828 Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia - 22 Mar 1882

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Margaret (Reid) Goldspink 25 Dec 1815 Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia - 05 Dec 1898

Marianne (Robinson) Morton abt 1814 Dublin, Ireland - 27 May 1864

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Hannah (Sheerwood) Hubbard abt 1780 England - Apr 1836

Sarah (Snelling) Coleman 22 Dec 1792 Bath, Somerset, England - 06 Sep 1876

Elizabeth (Somers) Hall 1807 Dublin. Ireland - 16 Aug 1869

Margaret (Southern) Parkes abt 1775 Abram, Lancashire, England - 24 Mar 1859

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Susannah (Unknown) Watson abt 1774 London, Middlesex, England - 1877

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Bridget (Walsh) McCallum abt 1814 County Longford, Ireland - 26 Nov 1891

Charles Watson 04 Jul 1830 Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia - 24 Feb 1886

Elizabeth (Welborn) Unknown 1786 Randolph, North Carolina, United States - aft 1833

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Margaret (Young) Bridge abt 1811 Banff, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom - 28 Sep 1896

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