"Parkhurst Boys" transported to NZ 1842/43

[liverpool annie]

Hi Tony!

Did you read this yet? let me know when you're fed up !!

http://www.law.mq.edu.au/sctas/html/1843cases/R%20v%20Sparks,%201843.htm

Annie 

[BAC3]

Afternoon Annie,

This is probably one of the best websites I have seen in terms of "prime source material" for Tasmania....the sadness for me is that the Case Histories are only available up to 1843 and the first "Parkhurst Boys" did not arrive in Hobart until October 1843.

Some of the 500 or so who were sent to Tasmania were really "incorrigible" and in fact one of them Julius Baker was hanged on 10/05/1860 in Hobart for "shooting with intent to do grievous bodily harm or to kill and murder".   And there are lots of others who spent their lives committing crimes....I would love to read the court transcripts ( See how easy it is to get sidetracked!!).

No, there is no reason for me to be fed up.   All these references are invaluable, because reading through them very often gives me other "leads" to go chasing.

All I can say is "thank you".

Tony

[liverpool annie]

Hi Tony!

Your Good Lady is either going to love me or hate me because I can keep you quiet for hours!!

http://www.sro.wa.gov.au/collection/convict.html#top

http://www.orange.k12.oh.us/teachers/ohs/tshreve/apwebpage/readings/juvcrime19cbr.html

I'm still looking for case histories - nothing yet but we'll get there!!!

Have a great day!

Annie

[liverpool annie]

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~nzbound/portnic43.htm

http://www.parliament.the-stationery-office.co.uk/pa/cm199798/cmselect/cmhealth/755/755ap07.htm

http://tasmanianphotographers.blogharbor.com/blog/_archives/2005/4

http://tasmanianphotographers.blogharbor.com/blog/_archives/2005/5/offset=3

Annie

[BAC3]

Hello Annie,

All useful sources....some old and some new....and it has taken me, as you correctly thought, some little while trawling through plucking out snippets of information here and there

The SROWA website is particularly interesting and I have added it to my "Favourites", but  probably a sister website http://www.fremantleprison.com/history/ConvictsandShips/convict_display.cfm has proved invaluable providing individual details for "Parkhurst Boys" transported to Western Australia after 1850.

My good lady is into "rubbish", the type most councils collect on a fortnightly cycle of disposable and recyclable!!!   She wants reversion to weekly regardless of classification!!  You can visit her website on www.weeklywaste.com

Once again all my thanks for your help.

Regards

Tony

[liverpool annie]

Hi Tony!!

http://members.iinet.net.au/~dodd/gail/publications/first_family/matthews_keogh.htm

http://iccs.arts.utas.edu.au/

http://www.convictcentral.com/index.html  (click on links!)

Have a great day!

Annie

[liverpool annie]

Tony!

I've been thinking ! (I hate it when I do that!)
but if you have a list of boys -  why don't you try looking up the Intentions for Marriage - surely some of them got married while they were there!!

http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,55310.0.html

Annie

[liverpool annie]

Expanding on my last posting - I Googled  "Parkhurst Boy Wed "- nothing - all of a sudden this site came up!!

http://members.optusnet.com.au/~mgosney/wilson.html#paf

Coley - Sussex (Parkhurst Boy, "St George")


Annie

[BAC3]

Hello Annie,

This website was designed by a Murray Gosney, who I contacted sometime last year about James Coley......he did respond with a promise of information but the contact went no further.   Fortunately James Coley "sired" a large number of descendants and I now have a fairly comprehensive Biography for him.

There is also a Joseph Coley, ex-Parkhurst Boy transported to NZ on the "St George" too, but despite fairly exhaustive research through various channels no link has been established and no details available after his arrival in NZ.  The popular belief is that he was James Coley's brother.

Take care

Tony