2026
Find Your Female Convict with Danielle Lautrec
24 July 2026
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Craft Workshop
26 June 2026
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Colonial Craft Workshop led by Lyn Watkins. Special Event – Petition Presentation
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A poster of a Special Event – the presentation of a Petition to Federal and State Parliamentary Representatives From Portsmouth to Parramatta – A Voyage of a Lifetime or a Cruise for Life? To Book this Event, click here:
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A poster of a presentation by Mike Traynor whose Topic – From Portsmouth to Parramatta – A Voyage of a Lifetime or a Cruise for Live? Heritage Day To book this event, click here:
Heritage Day at Parramatta North 2026
The PFF&IP hosted Heritage Day with multiple events Registers of the Forgotten To book this event, click here:https://bit.ly/RegistersoftheForgotten
A presentation by Christine Yeats on the Topic of Registers of the Forgotten – 19th Century Asylums and mental health facilities Colonial Craft Workshop + Craft Circle
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A Colonial Craft Workshop hosted by Lyn Watkins – making a replica of a sun bonnet IWD 6 March 2026
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Event poster: International Women’s Day talk “Women of Note”, 6 March 2026 Event poster page 2: International Women’s Day talk “Women of Note”, 6 March 2026 20 February 2026
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Event poster: Clothing of Australia’s Transported Convicts with Rosemary Rope, 20 February 2026 2025
14 October 2025
LibraryThing workshop with Kevin Dodds — 14 November 2025 17 October 2025
Gentlemen and Convicts at Cockatoo Island by Sue Castrique on 17 October 2025 25 October 2025
It’s a Riot Day 2025 — 25 October 2025 26 September 2025
CiteBuilder workshop — 26 September 2025 11 July 2025
Using AI as a Research Tool with Andrew Redfern — 11 July 2025 20 June 2025
Using NSW Land Records to trace early colonial Landholders by Stephen Ford — 20 June 2025 17 May 2025
Heritage Day 2025 — 17 May 2025 10 May 2025
Colonial Craft Workshop by Lyn Watkins — 10 May 2025 11 April 2025
The Convict Valley by Mark Dunn — 11 April 2025 14 March 2025
Alive with eHive by Gay Hendriksen, 14 March 2025 8 March 2025
International Women’s Day 2025 — 8 March 2025 Calendar 2025
PFFF 2025 events calendar — 2025 21 February 2025
Parramatta – A City of Firsts by Gary Carter — 21 February 2025 2024
8 November 2024
An Ancestry Masterclass by Kevin Dodds – 8 November 2024 2 November 2024
Foundation Day 2024 with Gary Carter and Judith Dunn — 2 November 2024 25 October 2024
It’s a Riot Day 2024 — 25 October 2024 18 October 2024
Bunyip Music presentation – A History as told in Folk Songs by Alan Foster, 18 October 2024 28 September 2024
Straw Plaiting Workshop by Lyn Watkins – 28 September 2024 23 August 2024
The Home Curator by Gay Hendriksen – 23 August 2024 21 June 2024
Punishments in the Parramatta Female Factory and Beyond by Kevin Dodds – 21 June 2024
25 May 2024
Community Day 2024 – 25 May 2024 Plaiting and Braiding Workshop No. 2 by Lyn Watkins – 25 May 2024 18 May 2024
Australian Heritage Festival at the Parramatta Female Factory – 18 May 2024 Heritage Day 18 May 2024 and all the festivities running till 25 May 2024
19 April 2024
lizabeth Fulloon later Raine, Matron Superintendent, Parramatta Female Factory by Heather Garnsey – 19 April 2024
16 February 2024
North Parramatta Precinct by Simon Babbage – 16 February 2024
2023
20 October 2023
Saving Parramatta’s Heritage – The Big Picture by Cheryl Bates OAM – 20 October 2023 29 September 2023
Come Find Me at the Factory by Gay Hendriksen – 29 September 2023 15 July 2023
Trove – Unlocking the Treasures of the Past by Kevin Dodds – 15 July 2023 16 June 2023
Tools and Toys in Needlework History by Kerry Easton – 16 June 2023 20 May 2023
Patchwork Lives by Lyn Watkins – 20 May 2023 13 May 2023
National Heritage at the Parramatta Female Factory and Institutions Precinct, 13 May 2023 21 April 2023
Plaiting and Braiding Workshop No. 2 by Lyn Watkins – 21 April 2023 10 March 2023 – IWD – Open Day at PFF
International Women’s Day open day at the Parramatta Female Factory – 10 March 2023 17 February 2023
Australia’s Female Factories by Kerima-Gae Topp – 17 February 2023 2022
Foundation Day on 13 November 2022
Foundation Day 2022 -13 November 2022 It’s A Riot – Riot Day on 28 October 2022
It’s a Riot Day 2022 – 28 October 2022 October 2022
Convicts and the Law by Kevin Dodds – 21 October 2022 June 2022
Interpreting Contested Histories by Margaret Betteridge – 17 June 2022 April 2022
Do You Have a Soldier in the Family by Christine Yeats – 22 April 2022
