Evidence Type: Newspaper Report
12 February 1842
STATE OF THE FEMALE FACTORY, PARRAMATTA, on Tuesday, 8th February, 1842
First class, 542; Second ditto (nursing Children) 157; third ditto, 318; in Solitary Confinement, 30; in Hospital, 30; confined by order of the Matron, 21. Total number of Women, 1098. Total number of Children, 299.
See Original: “State of the Female Factory, Parramatta, on Tuesday, 8th February, 1842,” The Australian (Sydney, NSW : 1824 – 1848), Saturday 12 February 1842, p.2
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