Book Title: The Parramatta Female Factory and Insane Asylum
Subtitle: a short history of the Cumberland Mental Health Precinct
Book Description: The Cumberland Precinct in North Parramatta is home to some of the most significant heritage sites in New South Wales. Most of it has been under continuous occupation by Europeans from the 1790s and the ‘female factory’, built in 1818, was one of the earliest government buildings on the site. The history of its transformation into an insane asylum, and then mental health precinct, provides us with insights into nearly 200 years of convict and medical history in Australia. This free e-book is a compendium of on-line articles written by Research and Collection Services Staff.
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The Parramatta Female Factory and Insane Asylum Copyright © 2015 by Parramatta City Council is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.
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The Parramatta Female Factory and Insane Asylum Copyright © 2015 by Parramatta City Council is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.
This work by Parramatta City Council, Research and Collection Services is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution non-commercial No Derivative 4.0 International License.
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