Evidence Type: Newspaper Report
21 September 1832
STATE OF THE FEMALE FACTORY PARRAMATTA, on the 15th September, 1832
Under Colonial sentence: 179
Solitary confinement: 6
Confined by order of the Committee: 1
Nursing children: 87
Old and infirm: 7
Monitresses, servants, cooks, &c.: 14
In hospital: 9
Sick in Factory: 4
Assigned, waiting to be withdrawn: 36
Number assignable: 138
Total number of women: 481
Children under one year: 52
Children under two years: 57
Children under three years: 23
Total number of children: 112
See Original: “State of the Female Factory Parramatta, on the 15th September, 1832,” The Australian (Sydney, NSW : 1824 – 1848) Friday 21 September 1832, p.3
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