Monday, 16 September 2013


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Female Factory gets artistic feel

This story is about Michael Chin and more than 50 volunteers have given the Parramatta Female Factory Precinct a makeover.

One of Parramatta’s historic sites, the Female Factory Precinct, from Sydney’s convict past, was given a makeover recently.

The project back support for the Parramatta Female Factory Precinct and the Roman Catholic Orphan School in Fleet Street to be put on the National Heritage List and promote it as Australia’s first internationally recognized Site of Conscience.

The makeover was to create a community space for families and friends to meet and enjoy the surroundings and history.

During This period they uncovered an old sand pit with toys still intact and they also uncovered an old garden shed with chalk writing on the walls.

The Writing is on the Wall exhibition opens this Saturday at the Parramatta Female Factory Precinct at 12.30pm and includes creative works from the Memory Project.

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