S4E10 Voices From the Parramatta Female Factory with Gay Hendriksen

Convict Australia by Jennifer Twemlow

Jun 13, 202600:32:09Society & Culture

In this episode, I talk with historian and author Gay Hendriksen about the women who passed through the Parramatta Female Factory and how we can recover and hear their voices through historical records. Gay shares the fa...

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