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I was a ward of the state. The horrors of the Parramatta Girls’ Home were legendary

By Jacqueline Z. Wilson, Adjunct Associate Professor in History, Australian Catholic University

Built in 1821 to house and provide productive employment for the New South Wales colony’s growing population of female convicts, the Parramatta Female Factory was also the site of countless horrors.

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