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792:(vol 88. May 2005) 'In short, Gill argues that convict transportation to WA arrived in a disguised form and at an earlier time than is commonly thought. Between 1842 and 1852 Gill finds that 243 young British juvenile offenders were transported to WA even though officially they were described as 'apprentices' ' 40:
between 1842 and 1852. Either before leaving England or on arrival at their destination, they were pardoned on the conditions that they be "apprenticed" to local employers, and that they not return to England during the term of their sentence. In the ten years between 1842 and 1852 nearly 1500 boys
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received from the Colonial Office a circular asking if the colony would be prepared to accept juvenile prisoners who had first been reformed in "penitentiaries especially adapted for the purpose of their education and reformation". After seeking comment from the
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Parkhurst apprentices were employed by a broad cross-section of Western Australia's businessmen and officials, including many of the colony's ruling class. Among the long list of Parkhurst apprentice employers were
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in 1842 and 1843. These had not been invited to the convict-free colony, and were a great surprise when the first ship arrived. After the second ship, the colony successfully petitioned that no more would be sent.
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John Schoales jun. (c. 1810 – 10 April 1847), son of John Schoales QC of Dublin. was appointed Guardian of the apprentices. He determined the allowance they were paid, holding it in
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Between 1842 and 1849, Western Australia accepted 234 Parkhurst apprentices, all males aged between 10 and 21 years. As Western Australia was not then a
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until their 5-year indenture period was over. The Parkhurst Visitors insisted that names of the boys not be published in the
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Statham (1981), page 6" "... these boys had received conditional pardons prior to leaving England..."
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aged from twelve to eighteen were transported to Australia and New Zealand from Parkhurst Prison.
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Forced labour for the west : Parkhurst convicts 'apprenticed' in Western Australia 1842–1851
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The assimilation of Parkhurst apprentices played an important role in the later acceptance of
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Why Convicts I: An economic analysis of colonial attitudes to the introduction of convicts
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Gill (2004), page 1: "Once in the colony, they were pardoned on two conditions..."
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was also asked to accept Parkhurst Boys, but resisted and none was sent there.
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Convict assignment in Western Australia: The Parkhurst 'Apprentices' 1842–1851
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List of ships that brought Parkhurst apprentices to Australia and New Zealand
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Convict assignment in Western Australia the Parkhurst 'apprentices' 1842-1851
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Studies in Western Australian History IV: Convictism in Western Australia
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Inequality, Poverty, Education: A Political Economy of School Exclusion
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One hundred and twenty three Parkhurst apprentices were sent to the
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Index

reformatory
Parkhurst Prison
Isle of Wight
transported
New Zealand
Governor of Western Australia
John Hutt
Western Australian Agricultural Society
penal colony
convicts
convict assignment
trust
Government Gazette
Frederick Dirck Wittenoom
Governor
Andrew Clarke
Frederick Irwin
George Fletcher Moore
Anthony O'Grady Lefroy
William Locke Brockman
Thomas Brown
George Walpole Leake
Walter Padbury
Stephen Stanley Parker
Rosendo Salvado
George Shenton Sr
convicts in Western Australia
Colony of New Zealand
Colony of South Australia
Simon Taylor

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