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Parkhurst boys. [1]
The Parkhurst lads were convicted children from the Isle of Wight and by 1852, 334 had been sent to the Swan River and apprenticed to local settlers.
Other boys were sent to Tasmania, New Zealand, Victoria and even Norfolk Island.
Parkhurst Boys 1842-1862

The Boys

Number | Surname Christian Name(s) | Term Age | Trial Place | Day Mth Year Offence | Comments
Andrews Richard 7y 13 | Surrey | 21 11 1839 Felony .... .... ....
Beale William 7y 8 | Lewes | 29 07 1840 Larceny .... .... ....
Bolt John 10y 12 | Central Criminal Court | 15 06 1840 Housebreaking aka [BOULT; BOTT]
Clayton George 7y 11 | Middlesex | 20 10 1840 Stealing walnuts ....
Croal James 7y 10 | Edinburgh | 10 06 1840 Housebreaking ....
Crouch James 7y 11 | Divizes | 15 08 1840 Stealing iron ....
Davis Frederick 7y 12 | Middlesex | 22 02 1841 Simple larceny .... ....
Fisher Thomas 7y 11 | Central Criminal Court | 06 04 1840 Larceny | Committed robbery on board 'Shepherd'; Left colony after apprenticeship expired
Gavin John 10y 13 Warwick 20 10 1840 Larceny Hanged in 1844 for murder of George Pollard
Grant Louis James 7y 10 Central Criminal Court 17 08 1840 Larceny aka [HART, William]; Reconvicted many times
Gray Thomas 7y 11 Hertford 30 11 1840 Obtaining money by false pretences
Green Levi 7y 12 St.Albans 07 01 1841 Larceny Committed robbery on board 'Shepherd'
Hughes Joseph 7y 13 Worcester 29 07 1840 Stealing apparel .... ....
Kirk John 7y 12 Knutsford 06 01 1841 Larceny Committed robbery on board 'Shepherd'
Knight Allen 10y 11 Chichester 22 10 1840 Housebreaking Absconded per American whale boat 'Badger'
419 | Leighton Henry | 10y 11 | Middlesex | 10 08 1840 | Larceny | (Employer)
Linan Joseph 7y 12 Central Criminal Court 03 02 1840 Larceny Committed robbery on board 'Shepherd'
Newman Thomas 10y 10 Central Criminal Court 02 04 1840 Larceny Absconded in American whale boat
Peake James 7y 13 Central Criminal Court 17 08 1840 Larceny aka [PEAK]
Porter William 7y 13 Newington, Surrey 26 10 1840 Felony Committed robbery on board 'Shepherd'
Reagan Dennis 7y 10 Middlesex 04 01 1841 Simple larceny aka [REGAN]
Robinson Edward 7y 12 Central Criminal Court 06 04 1840 Larceny ....
Sheen Thomas William 10y 12 Middlesex 10 08 1840 Larceny .... ....
Smith George 7y 13 Central Criminal Court 19 10 1840 Larceny .... ....
Townsend Alexander 7y 11 Central Criminal Court 02 03 1840 Larceny ....
Walls Henry 7y 12 Clerkenwell, Middlesex 07 12 1840 Simple larceny ....
Williams Edward John 7y 11 Central Criminal Court 02 03 1840 Larceny ....
Wright Richard 7y 10 Reading 20 10 1840 Housebreaking aka [WOODHAM]
Guardian's Reports in Western Australia
Parkhurst
Register 419
Parkhurst Boys in Australia and New Zealand
Number *[2] | [[(Employer)]]

Sources

  1. Perth DPS Passenger Ships arriving in Fremantle
  2. [*] The number is from Andrew Gill's book: Convict Assignment in WA 1842-1851. p.224
BDM registration : (1841-1932) Pioneers Index wa.gov format change 1906/1954




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