Evidence Type: Newspaper Report
31 August 1832
STATE OF THE FEMALE FACTORY, PARRAMATTA, 18th instant:—-
Under Colonial sentence: 184*
Solitary confinement: 3
Confined by order of the Committee: 3
Nursing children: 79
Old and infirm: 1
Monitresses, Servants, Cooks, &c., 14
In hospital: 15
Sick in Factory: 3
Assigned, waiting to be withdrawn, 41
Number assignable: 115
Total number of women: 458
Children under one year: 52
Children under two years: 36
Children under three years: 23
Total number of Children: 111
STATE OF THE GAOL THIS MORNING
Trial: 24
Death: 9
Remanded: 6
Transportation: 4
Bail: 1
Confines: 6
Labour: 17
Iron Gang: 3
Interior: 11
Examination: 8
Punishment: 1
Factory: 15
Debtors: 16
Total: 121
* [original figure recorded as 1 8, but based on total, this figure should read 184]
See Original: “State of the Female Factory, Parramatta, 18th instant,” The Australian (Sydney, NSW : 1824 – 1848), Friday 31 August 1832, p.3
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