This factory predates all but 3 of the UNESCO world heritage listed items. It needs heritage preservation. Given that there are only 2 identified images in national collections of these women and few objects provenance to these women directly the site is even more critical to understanding the experience of these women. The third class sleeping quarters and turnkey's apartment with the 2 Greenway buildings are the last intact buildings on the mainland relating to convict women's incarceration.
There is an application by state government - Health for a 1.5 Million dollars is to be spent for a 'temporary' IT storage solution on an 1825 Convict Female Factory third class sleeping quarters and Turnkeys apartment building - now known as building 105. Although the S60 application has not yet been approved the building has been cleared out in preparation for installation of an IT data room for the Cumberland Hospital. This current development is an adjunct to IT data storage already installed in an adjacent building now adorned with ugly air conditioning ducts and cooling fans.
If you are interested in our folk traditions and in preserving our heritage please add your name to the petition below. Our current target is 5000 names which would be a voice for each of the estimated number of women who went through the factory.
Urgent action is needed to stop this desecration of our national heritage.This is just the first step in returning the Parramatta Female Factory to the people and creating a living memorial to the thousands of convict women and children incarcerated in such institutions.
If you want more background on female factories and Parramatta in particular there is also a link below.
Female Factory Parramatta Action Group links:
http://www.petitionbuzz.com/
http://
https://sites.google.com/site/
There is an application by state government - Health for a 1.5 Million dollars is to be spent for a 'temporary' IT storage solution on an 1825 Convict Female Factory third class sleeping quarters and Turnkeys apartment building - now known as building 105. Although the S60 application has not yet been approved the building has been cleared out in preparation for installation of an IT data room for the Cumberland Hospital. This current development is an adjunct to IT data storage already installed in an adjacent building now adorned with ugly air conditioning ducts and cooling fans.
If you are interested in our folk traditions and in preserving our heritage please add your name to the petition below. Our current target is 5000 names which would be a voice for each of the estimated number of women who went through the factory.
Urgent action is needed to stop this desecration of our national heritage.This is just the first step in returning the Parramatta Female Factory to the people and creating a living memorial to the thousands of convict women and children incarcerated in such institutions.
If you want more background on female factories and Parramatta in particular there is also a link below.
Female Factory Parramatta Action Group links:
http://www.petitionbuzz.com/
http://
https://sites.google.com/site/
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