Evidence Type: Newspaper Report
29 May 1838
STATE OF THE FEMALE FACTORY, PARRAMATTA, on Saturday, 19th May, 1838:—
Under Colonial Sentence: 374
In Solitary Confinement: 9
Confined by Order of the Matron: 0
Nursing Children: 92
Number Assignable: 49
Number not Assignable: 74
Assigned waiting to be withdrawn: 7
In Hospital: 31
Total number of Women: 636
Total number of Children: 148
JULIA LEACH, Matron
See Original: “Advertising,” The Australian (Sydney, NSW : 1824 – 1848), Tuesday 29 May 1838, p.1
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