Evidence Type: Newspaper Report
15 May 1838
STATE OF THE FEMALE FACTORY, PARRAMATTA, on Saturday, 5th May, 1838:—
Under Colonial Sentence: 357
In Solitary Confinement: 9
Confined by Order of the Matron: 2
Nursing Children: 97
Number Assignable: 76
Number not Assignable: 70
Assigned waiting to be withdrawn: 8
In Hospital: 29
Total number of Women: 648
Total number of Children: 150
JULIA LEACH, Matron
See Original: “Advertising,” The Australian (Sydney, NSW : 1824 – 1848), Tuesday 15 May 1838, p.2
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