Evidence Type: Newspaper Report
25 September 1838
STATE OF THE FEMALE FACTORY, PARRAMATTA, on Saturday, 15th September, 1838:—
Under Colonial Sentence: 347
In Solitary Confinement: 11
Confined by Order of the Matron: 0
Nursing Children: 101
Number Assignable: 826 [sic] 26
Number not Assignable: 40
In Hospital: 32
Total number of Women: 664
Total number of Children: 159
JULIA LEACH, Matron
See Original: “Advertising,” The Australian (Sydney, NSW : 1824 – 1848), Tuesday 25 September 1838, p.2
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