Parramatta Female Factory Friends presents:
Registers of the Forgotten: 19th-Century Asylums and Mental Health Facilities
This talk explores the records relating to nineteenth-century mental health facilities and asylums for the infirm and destitute in NSW. It will draw on government reports, admission registers, employment records and other material in the NSW State Archives Collection. Particular attention will be given to the layered history of the Parramatta Female Factory site and its transformation from female factory to asylum complex.
Parramatta Lunatic Asylum, main entrance, c. 1900 (Museums of History NSW)
About the speaker
Christine Yeats FRAHS is an archivist and historical researcher specialising in local and community history. She is Chair of the Jessie Street National Women’s Library Board, Senior Vice President of the Royal Australian Historical Society, Convenor of the UNESCO Australian Memory of the World Committee Assessment Sub-Committee and Chair of the Independent Scholars Association Australia (NSW). She is Review Editor of the Journal of the Royal Australian Historical Society and was awarded a RAHS Fellowship in 2023.
Event details
When: Friday, 17 April 2026 at 1:30 pm.
Where: Parramatta Female Factory, Friends Rooms, the ‘Greenway’ Matron’s Quarters, 5 Fleet Street, North Parramatta.
Bookings: https://bit.ly/RegistersoftheForgotten
Cost: $5 (plus booking surcharge). Places are limited, so please book early.
For more information, visit https://www.parramattafemalefactoryfriends.com.au or email contact@parramattafemalefactoryfriends.com.au
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