Dear Tony, I found your enquiry interesting I mainly deal with the earlier period 1788-1814 but I have read quite a bit about the latter penal settlements. I would have thought 1851 was getting rather late they brought most of the convicts off in the late 1840s and why they would sent the Parkhurst boys there is a mystery. If you could give me their names they might be on cards in the general index at the Archives I have found mention of the latter ones that way. Convicts were usually only sent to Norfolk Island after they committed other crimes here. I haven't placed this on the list as I am not really sure of the cut off date for NI. Regards Irene Schaffer Email: schafferi@optusnet.com.au Website: http://members.optusnet.com.au/~schafferi (including Norfolk Island and Van Diemens Land list) ----- Original Message ----- From: <BrianAnthonyC@aol.com> To: <AUS-TAS-CONVICTS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, July 29, 2005 7:49 AM Subject: Re: [TAS-CON] "Parkhurst Boys" (Juvenile Convicts): Transported to VDL 184... > Hello Maree, > > Thank you for the comparison of convict ships between 1850-1852, the most > interesting of which is possibly the "Lady Kennaway" (1851). > > There were 47 ex-Parkhurst juvenile convicts on board, 33 of whom > disembarked at Hobart on 28/05/1851. The remaining 14 were sent on to Norfolk Island. > The Parkhurst Prsion Register (National Archives UK HO 24/15) confirms this > destination in each case, but specifies no reasons for the decision by the > Prison Governor that I am presently aware of through my > research......certainly they appeared no more "incorrigible" than the other 33 which could have > possibly warranted the harsher regime of Norfolk Island. The foremost question > is why these 14, and only these 14, should have been treated so differently > in terms of the total 1,500 transported direct from Parkhurst Prison. > > I did write to a local historian on Norfolk Island 6 months ago but, sadly, > he never replied. Should you happen to come across any snippet of > information as to the reasons in your research of the Enrolled/Military/Chelsea > Pensioners please keep me in mind. > > Regards > > Tony > > > ==== AUS-TAS-CONVICTS Mailing List ==== > Visit the Port Arthur Historic Site website at > http://www.portarthur.org.au/ > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > >

Tony, Irene, correct me if I'm wrong here, but I seem to think dome of the Parkhurst boys were sent to Western Australia in the 1840s. Could I be thinking of a different scheme? George Bell >Dear Tony, > I found your enquiry interesting I mainly deal with the >earlier period 1788-1814 but I have read quite a bit about the latter penal >settlements. I would have thought 1851 was getting rather late they brought >most of the convicts off in the late 1840s and why they would sent the >Parkhurst boys there is a mystery. If you could give me their names they >might be on cards in the general index at the Archives I have found mention >of the latter ones that way. Convicts were usually only sent to Norfolk >Island after they committed other crimes here. > >I haven't placed this on the list as I am not really sure of the cut off >date for NI. > >Regards >Irene Schaffer > >Email: schafferi@optusnet.com.au >Website: http://members.optusnet.com.au/~schafferi >(including Norfolk Island and Van Diemens Land list) >----- Original Message ----- >From: <BrianAnthonyC@aol.com> >To: <AUS-TAS-CONVICTS-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Friday, July 29, 2005 7:49 AM >Subject: Re: [TAS-CON] "Parkhurst Boys" (Juvenile Convicts): Transported to >VDL 184... > > >> Hello Maree, >> >> Thank you for the comparison of convict ships between 1850-1852, the most >> interesting of which is possibly the "Lady Kennaway" (1851). >> >> There were 47 ex-Parkhurst juvenile convicts on board, 33 of whom >> disembarked at Hobart on 28/05/1851. The remaining 14 were sent on to >Norfolk Island. >> The Parkhurst Prsion Register (National Archives UK HO 24/15) confirms >this >> destination in each case, but specifies no reasons for the decision by >the >> Prison Governor that I am presently aware of through my >> research......certainly they appeared no more "incorrigible" than the >other 33 which could have >> possibly warranted the harsher regime of Norfolk Island. The foremost >question >> is why these 14, and only these 14, should have been treated so >differently >> in terms of the total 1,500 transported direct from Parkhurst Prison. >> >> I did write to a local historian on Norfolk Island 6 months ago but, >sadly, >> he never replied. Should you happen to come across any snippet of >> information as to the reasons in your research of the >Enrolled/Military/Chelsea >> Pensioners please keep me in mind. >> >> Regards >> >> Tony >> >> >> ==== AUS-TAS-CONVICTS Mailing List ==== >> Visit the Port Arthur Historic Site website at >> http://www.portarthur.org.au/ >> >> ============================== >> Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the >> areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. >> Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx >> >> > > > >==== AUS-TAS-CONVICTS Mailing List ==== >Visit the Campbell Town Convict Trail website at >http://www.convictbricktrail.com/ > >============================== >Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the >last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: >http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > > -- Original Indexes, 8 Eskdale Road, South Bents, Whitburn, Sunderland SR6 8AN www.original-indexes.demon.co.uk/index.htm