I am a ex Parramatta girl and ex Hay 1962-65 there are only a handfull of girls that want that site left for a memorial,it has so many bad memories for girls - no one that was there cares about what it was before it incarcerated us Parramatta girls. As far as having it as a museum blow it up. Who wants to go back there? No one only Bonny Djurak for her own gain in having a little studio in to do her art. It has nothing to do with the Forgotten Australians.

She was never in the mainstream at Parramatta.

Otherwise she would have more compassion and understanding of why no one wants to have any thing to do with this at all.

Wilma Robb

I tend to agree with Wilma. I have four children and I have never told them about Parramatta. I just thank goodness there is no chance that my girls could have ever gone there because it was closed by the time they grew old enough. To be fair there were a few staff members who were half decent but most of them were certainly no better than we, who were locked up for nothing. I quite honestly would have no trouble naming them and the crimes they commited against children because it is the truth. Until today I was unaware these computer sites existed. I have only had this computer for a short time so I am just learning. After reading a lot of these articles I find I am not alone in my feelings about parramatta.

I did 2 terms-in approximately 1965 and 1967. I would love to hear from other girls who would have been there around those times.

My email is diane1705@live.com

diane morris