Evidence Type: Newspaper Report
21 August 1838
STATE OF THE FEMALE FACTORY, PARRAMATTA, on Saturday, 28th July, 1838:—
Under Colonial Sentence: 367
In Solitary Confinement: 15
Confined by Order of the Matron: 0
Nursing Children: 105
Number Assignable: 35
Number not Assignable: 78
In Hospital: 25
Total number of Women: 625
Total number of Children: 140
JULIA LEACH, Matron
See Original: “Advertising,” The Australian (Sydney, NSW : 1824 – 1848), Tuesday 21 August 1838, p.2
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