Evidence Type: Newspaper Report
22 May 1838
STATE OF THE FEMALE FACTORY, PARRAMATTA, on Saturday, 12th May, 1838:—
Under Colonial Sentence: 362
In Solitary Confinement: 9
Confined by Order of the Matron: 1
Nursing Children: 94
Number Assignable: 64
Number not Assignable: 76
Assigned waiting to be withdrawn: 10
In Hospital: 28
Total number of Women: 644
Total number of Children: 140
JULIA LEACH, Matron
See Original: “Advertising,” The Australian (Sydney, NSW : 1824 – 1848), Tuesday 22 May 1838, p.2
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