020 - Hunter Valley Manuscript - July 1833

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Description(020.jpg) Verso Any free man by application at the factory backed by a recommendation from respectable persons, may obtain a wife from these, and it was customary sometimes since for these applicants to walk into the factory like a Grand Segnior Sultan and throw the handkerchief to the fair lady of his choice - To such an extent was this custom carried, that a settler on the Hunter when proceeding to Sydney was requested by a free man in his employ to bring him a wife the free man stated that he should lose too much time on going to Parramatta for the purpose - The master objected that he did not know his taste and therefore might have some difficulty in selecting a suitable damsel - This man told him that he knew his taste [or tarte?] very well and should be very well satisfied with his choice, at all events he added - I can take her a month upon trial and if she wont answer I'll turn her in again rather than the marriage tie should be made a mockery, it would be better to turn the females lose upon the world, where they might form connexions suitable to their tastes. In that case tis true a few might live in a state of prostitution, but the greater part might ensure husbands - At present the utmost vigilance of the matron cannot prevent the damsels in her charge from indulging their passions - Restraint produces the same effects in a factory [omitted from the manuscript] - and the consequences is most of the females live in a kind of legal prostitution whether married or not - SubjectNSWHunter ValleySettlerNew South Wales historyNSW historyAustralian historyMaitlandNew South WalesAustraliaDatenot specifiedSourcehttps://www.flickr.com/photos/uon/2666327170/

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