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Riot at the Female Factory 1827

Riot at the Female Factory 1827

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[Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser, 31 October 1827, p2 via Trove]

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Parramatta Female Factory

Accommodation for unassigned convict women sent to the colony, which became a workhouse, marriage bureau and hospital. This multiplicity of roles made it difficult to administer and it quickly evolved from a place of refuge into a prison.

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Female Factory

Assignment depot which also operated as refuge, workhouse, prison and marriage bureau for unassigned convict women who were classified by a three class system which determined their level of employment or punishment.

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Parramatta Female Factory riot 1827

First of a series of riots which occurred at the factory as a result of overcrowding, punishment and other inequitable arrangements.

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