Female factory
Female factorieswere based on Britishbridewells,prisons andworkhouses.They were for women convictstransportedto the penal colonies ofNew South WalesandVan Diemen's Land.
History
[edit]An estimated 9,000 convict women were in the 13 female factories, in the colonies of NSW and Van Diemen's Land. This spanned a period of 52 years -1804 to 1856. An estimated 1 in 5 to 1 in 7 Australians are related to these women[citation needed].The factories were called factories because each was a site of production. The women produced spun wool and flax in all the factories. In the main factories other work was undertaken such as sewing, stocking knitting and straw plaiting.Hard labourincluded rock breaking andoakumpicking.[1]
Women were sent to the female factories while awaiting assignment to a household or while awaiting childbirth or weaning or as punishment.
Locations
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- Parramatta female factory,Parramatta, New South Wales (2 factories)
- Newcastle, New South Wales
- Port Macquarie, New South Wales(2 factories)
- Moreton Bay,Queensland
- Five female factories operated inVan Diemen's Land(now Tasmania) during the period oftransportation:
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^"Google Sites".Archived fromthe originalon 31 January 2013.Retrieved12 August2013.
- ^http:// femaleconvicts.org.au/index.php/convict-institutions/female-factories/hobart-town-ffHobart Town
- ^http:// femaleconvicts.org.au/index.php/convict-institutions/female-factories/ross-ffRoss
Further reading
[edit]- Gay Hendriksen,Carol Listonand Trudy Cowley,Women Transported — Life in Australia's Convict Female Factories,2008, Parramatta, Parramatta Heritage Centre
External links
[edit]- The Female Factory Online
- https://sites.google /site/convictfemalefactories/Archived31 January 2013 at theWayback Machine
- ParraGirls.org
- Female Convicts Research Centre
- Cascades Female Factory Historic Site
- https://web.archive.org/web/20061208162522/http:// hotkey.net.au/~jwilliams4/factory.htm
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