Listen to Phillip Adams interview on 'Hay Girls'

Phillip Adams interviewed playwright Alana Valentine and former Hay Girl Christina Riley Green last night (replay 4.30 pm today)

From 1961 to 1974, the Hay Institution operated as a total security institute for incorrigible girls committed to the care of the child welfare department. It was here in an old disused gaol that girls that were deemed too difficult for Parramatta Girls Home were sent. The aim of the Hay Girls Institution was to crash the girls' spirits and for many this is exactly what happened.  

Playwright Alana Valentine has written a sequel to her play Parramatta Girls called Eyes to the Floor, based on the experiences of the girls incarcerated in Hay.

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[Bob Meade (lifeasdaddy)]

And here's the specific link to this episode on iTunes:

http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?i=25734593&id=73330961

[Trevor Cook]

Thanks Bob