Evidence Type: Newspaper Report
5 June 1838
STATE OF THE FEMALE FACTORY, PARRAMATTA, on Saturday, 26th May 1838:—
Under Colonial Sentence: 372
In Solitary Confinement: 4
Confined by Order of the Matron: 1
Nursing Children: 93
Number Assignable: 37
Number not Assignable: 78
In Hospital: 27
Total number of Women: 612
Total number of Children: 146
JULIA LEACH, Matron
See Original: “Advertising,” The Australian (Sydney, NSW : 1824 – 1848), Tuesday 5 June 1838, p.2
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