Australia, Female Orphan School (Parramatta)

 

The Female Orphan School now rests in the middle of University of Western Sydney Parramatta Campus - it is boarded up and the University & Historical Society hope to restore it sometime in the future. The building is historically significant. It is the first 3rd storey building in Australia and dates back to the very early 1800's.

There are many reports of ghosts and ghostly happenings inside the old building. Many people touring through the building have reported of hearing children's voices, seeing children and also having strange and unusual feelings when entering a room. The Matron's Bedroom seems to cause some problem with the occasional person not being able to enter or even walk near the place..........this is one place where we had a trifield meter set of and we both experienced goosebumps.

Security guards have reported a "Whistler" ghost inside the building - on occasion when showing some late night tourists through they have experienced this "Whistler" for themselves (and made a quick escape)...the ghost apparently carries a happy whistling tune........It is believed he may be the ghost of the mortuary assistant who worked next door at the morgue. Security guards have also seen floating black figures outside the building that appear to float down the gravel road - along with a strange mist like substance that hangs over the Morgue in the early hours of the morning.