Female convicts could be reassigned at will...perhaps for bad behaviour or unsuitable for the job they were employed for, maybe they were no longer needed, some even had liasons with their employer and the wife demanded they be let go...
The following lists tell you what their position was, what ship they came on and who they were assigned to and where.
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Female Convicts assigned to settlers & other persons 11 Jul 1832
nla.news-page12475370 fem. conv. 18 Jul 1832
New South Wales Government Gazette (Sydney, NSW : 1832 - 1900), Wednesday 5 December 1832 (No.40) National Library of Australia http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article230389416
This was typical of the notice published upon the arrival of a new lot of convicts. As well as providing much needed labour, it saved the cost of looking after them being born by the colony.
Govt Gazette 7 Aug 1833
Edict re assignment of female convicts.
New South Wales Government Gazette (Sydney, NSW : 1832 - 1900), Wednesday 2 December 1840 (No.79) National Library of Australia http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article230139400
By Edward Winstanley From the collections of the State Library of New South Wales [a2255004 / DL PXX 66] (detail from 'Ways and Means or the Last Shift, cartoon featuring Parramatta Female Factory c1844') (Dixson Library))
New South Wales Government Gazette (Sydney, NSW : 1832 - 1900), Friday 10 March 1843 (No.22), page 3 National Library of Australia http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article230103571
FURTHER READING:
Repeating from earlier posts..
https://www.australiangeographic.com.au/topics/history-culture/2018/06/the-founding-mothers-the-little-known-story-of-australias-convict-women/
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https://thatmomentintime-crissouli.blogspot.com/2013/09/the-rajah-quilt-hurrah.html
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