Expert Essays

Browse essays written by historians for the Female Factory Online.

• Michaela Ann Cameron, “Elizabeth Bennett: The Baker’s Wife,” (2017).
• Michaela Ann Cameron, “Factory Above the Gaol, c.1802–1821,” (2015).
• Michaela Ann Cameron, “Hannah Steele: The Gaoler’s Daughter,” (2018).
• Michaela Ann Cameron, “Parramatta Female Factory, 1821–1848,” (2015).
• Catie Gilchrist, “Mystery Always Begets Suspicion”: Defending the Open and Public Nature of the Coronial Inquest,” (2018).
• Briony Neilson, “Josephine Mercelin: Convicts, Slaves and the Global Entanglements of New South Wales and Mauritius,” (2019).