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Female Factory — Female factories were prison workhouses for women convicts transported to Australia during the time when some states were a penal colony. Most female prisoners transported to Australia were assigned to households as servants. This was generally… … Wikipedia
Female Factory — /ˈfimeɪl fæktri/ (say feemayl faktree) noun 1. a temporary residence for women convicts in NSW established on the banks of the Parramatta River in 1804; later a factory for weaving, established 1819, with a hospital attached. 2. (lower case) any… …
female factory — A prison for women convicts. The first female factory was established in 1804 at Parramatta in New South Wales. It was a place of punishment, a labour and marriage agency for the colony, and a profit making textiles factory where women made… … Australian idioms
Parramatta female factory — Australia s first Female Factory, the Factory above the Gaol was located in what is now Prince Alfred Park, Parramatta, New South Wales. It was a simple log walled and thatched roof construction built in 1796 and used primarily as a place of… … Wikipedia
Cascades Female Factory — Infobox Prisons prison name=Cascades Female Factory location=South Hobart, Tasmania status=? classification=? capacity=? opened=1828 closed=1877 managed by=? Cascades Female Factory was an Australian prison in South Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.… … Wikipedia
Cascades Female Factory — Australian Convict Sites* UNESCO Welterbe … Deutsch Wikipedia
factory — /ˈfæktri / (say faktree), / təri/ (say tuhree) noun (plural factories) 1. a building or group of buildings, usually with equipment, where things are made. 2. an organisation, structure, person, etc., that produces something in large quantities:… …
Female Cats (film) — Female Cats Theatrical poster for Female Cats (1983) Directed by Shingo Yamashiro[1] Produced by … Wikipedia
Factory — This article is about manufacturing plants and different kinds of factories. For other uses, see Factory (disambiguation). Volkswagen factory in Wolfsburg, Germany A factory (previously manufactory) or manufacturing plant is an industrial… … Wikipedia
Factory Acts — The Factory Acts were a series of Acts passed by the Parliament of the United Kingdom to limit the number of hours worked by women and children first in the textile industry, then later in all industries. The factory reform movement[1] spurred… … Wikipedia
Female (film) — Infobox Film name = Female image size = caption = VHS cover director = Michael Curtiz William Dieterle (uncredited) William A. Wellman (uncredited, 17 scenes) producer = Robert Presnell Sr. writer = Donald Henderson Clarke (story) Gene Markey… … Wikipedia
