Lesley, Thanks for the article, it really made old Sydney come to life. Just one question that has been puzzling me, if we didn't have any dairy cows only beef cows in the early years, how did the convict girls, those that couldn't naturally, feed the babies milk.?? Regards Ken at Wauchope in the middle of the mid north coast dairy land. ----- Subject: [PJ] The old Markets and Police Station

Lesley, Ken and Group, It was close on 75 years before any registered "pure bred" cattle came to Australia and they were in fact beef cattle. Registered pure bred Dairy cattle took around 100 years before any arrived. Let's not debate what is a pure bred animal. However, all cows, beef, dairy or mixed breeds as no doubt all early cattle were do produce milk, if only for their own young and I believe that mixed bred cows that were as much inclined towards the dairy end as the beef end of cattle confirmation were in the first fleet. Although beef usually produce less milk than dairy, I am sure enough milk could be obtained from any cows available to nourish the progeny of tough convicts of the era. And bear in mind we eat (old) dairy cows today and most people cannot tell the difference. Ross. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ken Mero" <kenmero@tsn.cc> To: <aus-pt-jackson-convicts@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2008 10:12 AM Subject: Re: [PJ] The old Markets and Police Station > Lesley, Thanks for the article, it really made old Sydney come to life. > Just > one question that has been puzzling me, if we didn't have any dairy cows > only beef cows in the early years, how did the convict girls, those that > couldn't naturally, feed the babies milk.?? Regards Ken at Wauchope in the > middle of the mid north coast dairy land. > ----- > Subject: [PJ] The old Markets and Police Station > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > AUS-PT-JACKSON-CONVICTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Dear all Certainly from the text of the markets cows were being milked and dairy produce sold, ie butter, cheese at the markets. It is possible that if someone was having difficulty in feeding a baby, that other lactating women may have helped. Annette ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ross Sneddon" <rsneddon@bigpond.net.au> To: <aus-pt-jackson-convicts@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2008 8:28 AM Subject: Re: [PJ] The old Markets and Police Station > > Lesley, Ken and Group, > > It was close on 75 years before any registered "pure bred" cattle came to > Australia and they were in fact beef cattle. Registered pure bred Dairy > cattle took around 100 years before any arrived. Let's not debate what is > a > pure bred animal. > > However, all cows, beef, dairy or mixed breeds as no doubt all early > cattle > were do produce milk, if only for their own young and I believe that mixed > bred cows that were as much inclined towards the dairy end as the beef end > of cattle confirmation were in the first fleet. Although beef usually > produce less milk than dairy, I am sure enough milk could be obtained from > any cows available to nourish the progeny of tough convicts of the era. > > And bear in mind we eat (old) dairy cows today and most people cannot tell > the difference. > > Ross. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ken Mero" <kenmero@tsn.cc> > To: <aus-pt-jackson-convicts@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2008 10:12 AM > Subject: Re: [PJ] The old Markets and Police Station > > >> Lesley, Thanks for the article, it really made old Sydney come to life. >> Just >> one question that has been puzzling me, if we didn't have any dairy cows >> only beef cows in the early years, how did the convict girls, those that >> couldn't naturally, feed the babies milk.?? Regards Ken at Wauchope in >> the >> middle of the mid north coast dairy land. >> ----- >> Subject: [PJ] The old Markets and Police Station >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> AUS-PT-JACKSON-CONVICTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' >> without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > AUS-PT-JACKSON-CONVICTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Hi Ken, I know nothing about cattle:) People did advertise for wet nurses and the first advertisement that I can remember was placed in the Sydney Gazette in 1804 after the death of his wife (excessive drinking). Lawrence May of the Hawkesbury requested a healthy motherly women to act as wet nurse. You will find females advertising themselves as wet nurses I believe that some female convicts were also assigned as wet nurses Regards Lesley Uebel mailto:ckennedy@bigpond.net.au CLAIM A CONVICT http://users.bigpond.net.au/convicts/index.html -----Original Message----- From: aus-pt-jackson-convicts-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:aus-pt-jackson-convicts-bounces@rootsweb.com]On Behalf Of Ken Mero Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2008 10:12 AM To: aus-pt-jackson-convicts@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [PJ] The old Markets and Police Station Lesley, Thanks for the article, it really made old Sydney come to life. Just one question that has been puzzling me, if we didn't have any dairy cows only beef cows in the early years, how did the convict girls, those that couldn't naturally, feed the babies milk.?? Regards Ken at Wauchope in the middle of the mid north coast dairy land.