The extended interview with Gay Hendrickson, professional museum curator and the president of the Friends of the Female Factory in Parramatta.

Sydney is conspicuously bad at commemorating women’s history. Willow Grove, a much loved female-built-and-run Italianate villa, was recently demolished. Now Australia’s only standing Female Factory, in Parramatta, is threatened by rezoning for 30-storey towers. This week on The Sydneyist Elizabeth Farrelly spoke with Friends of the Female Factory president, Gay Hendricksen about this World heritage building.