Evidence Type: Newspaper Report
1 May 1838
STATE OF THE FEMALE FACTORY, PARRAMATTA, on Saturday, 21st April, 1838: —
Under Colonial Sentence: 360
In Solitary Confinement: 12
Confined by Order of the Matron: 0
Nursing Children: 97
Number Assignable: 70
Number not Assignable: 90
Assigned waiting to be withdrawn: 14
In Hospital: 30
Total number of Women: 673
Total number of Children: 158
JULIA LEACH, Matron
See Original: “Advertising,” The Australian (Sydney, NSW : 1824 – 1848), Tuesday 1 May 1838, p.1
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