Newcastle Gaol, which included the Newcastle Female Factory, is depicted on the right. Records indicate that women held in the Newcastle Factory were often forwarded to the Factory at Parramatta when they were expecting a child. “Newcastle, showing the soil reclaimed by enclosure from the sand – 16 May 1855” in E. West, F. Terry, Conrad Martens et. al., Colonial sketches: an album of views of Sydney and NSW. Courtesy of State Library of New South Wales, DL PXX 30 / FL3255086.
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