Winifred Mary Tait was born in 1876 in Goulburn, N.S.W. She was the daughter of Andrew McDonald and Isabel (or sabella/Isobel) McLean…
Mable Balmer, (married name Thompson) was a nurse at Parramatta Mental Hospital – Sydney, NSW (Source: State Library of NSW, Digital order no:bcp_01637)[1]
Mable Ellen Balmer (also known as ’…
Sarah Ann (or Annie) Perkins was trained at Parramatta Hospital as a mental nurse. She was certified (no. 259/2) and registered on the Australian Register of General Nurses on 7 October 1926 (records…
Nurse Rebecca Margaret Williams from Parramatta Hospital for the Insane, ca. 1907. (Source City of Parramatta Council, Parramatta Heritage Centre, Local Studies Photograph Collection, LSP00074)[1…
Matron E. Corderoy. Photo by Howard Harris, Parramatta. (Source: Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocates)[1]
Eileen Tildsley Corderoy was born in 1891 in the district of Petersham, N…
Colonial Secretary’s Papers, 31st December 1824.
Mary Jones was the first midwife to have been called to assist at the Female Factory at Parramatta.
She arrived in New South Wales in…
Sydney Herald, 6 June 1833.
Mary was employed as a domestic servant near London, and while there, she stole from her employer.
This included personal items from her mistress and…
Certificates of Freedom, New South Wales 1810 – 1814, 1827 – 1867, State Archives of NSW.
Elizabeth Donohoe arrived in Sydney in 1836, on the ship Roslyn Castle
She had been…
Sydney Herald, 16 February 1833.
Mary Jackson, who arrived on the Diana, was quickly sent to the Female Factory.
In 1833 she was the midwife there. It is not know exactly…
Sydney Herald, 2 November 1835.
Mrs Neale arrived on the 8 September 1835, in the colony on the ship the Canton.
Mary was an assisted immigrant and was employed as the Female Factory…