Laying the Foundation Stone of the Female Orphan Building at Parramatta: Friday, 24 September 1813.

HIS EXCELLENCY the GOVERNOR made a visit to Parramatta on Tuesday morning last, and returned to Town the same evening. His EXCELLENCY went again to Parramatta yesterday; and in the forenoon proceeded from Government House, accompanied by a party of Ladies, and Gentlemen, among which latter number were the Reverend Mr. Marsden, and several Civil and Military Officers, for the purpose of laying the foundation stone of the Female Orphan Asylum intended there to be erected; in the performance of which highly gratifying ceremony HIS EXCELLENCY deposited in the vacuum prepared for the purpose, some of the silver coinage intended for circulation within the Colony. The scite is an eminence on a bank of the River opposite Mrs. M'Arthur's Grounds, and is in all respects beautifully adapted to this benevolent purpose.

Provenance
Sydney Gazette 25 September 1813 p.2a

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