Colonial Ladies: Lovely, Lively and Lamentably Loose: Crime Reports from the Sydney Herald Relating to the Female Factory, Parramatta, 1831-1835 by Judith Dunn

Book Description

Secondhand. Very good condition. Minor wear to book corners and edges. Signed by author.

This book gathers together crime reports of convict women sent to the Female Factory, Parramatta for secondary punishment.

The Factory was a multi purpose institution, serving as an asylum for newly arrived transportees, a place for secondary punishment for those committing crimes in the colony, a place of refuge for the elderly and infirm, a labour exchange for those awaiting reassignment, a marriage bureau, a manufacturer and lastly a hospital for accident and illness but particularly childbirth. It is powerful story oof women and their place in society between 1821 and 1848. (Page 9)