Registers of the Forgotten-19th C. Asylums and Mental Health Facilities

This talk explores the records relating to nineteenth-century mental health facilities and asylums for the infirm and destitute in NSW. It will draw on government reports, admission registers, employment records and other material in the NSW State Archives Collection. Particular attention will be given to the layered history of the Parramatta Female Factory site and its transformation from the female factory to the asylum complex.

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Parramatta Female Factory Friends - Research Centre and Ann Gordon Tearooms, 5 Fleet Street, North Parramatta, Australia

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