Evidence Type: Newspaper Report
3 April 1838
STATE OF THE FEMALE FACTORY, PARRAMATTA, on Saturday, 7th April 1838:
Under Colonial Sentence: 369
In Solitary Confinement: 7
Confined by Order of the Matron: 2
Nursing Children: 76
Number Assignable: 40
Number not Assignable: 99
In Hospital: 31
Total number of Women: 624
Large Children: 90
Small ditto: 33
Total number of Children: 123
JULIA LEACH, Matron.
See Original: “Advertising,” The Australian (Sydney, NSW : 1824 – 1848), Tuesday 17 April 1838, p.2
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