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- ↑ Gill (2004), page 1: "Once in the colony, they were pardoned on two conditions..."
- ↑ Statham (1981), page 6" "... these boys had received conditional pardons prior to leaving England..."
- ↑ Robbins, W.M. review of Gill's (2004) Convict Assignment at "| Book Review | Labour History, 88 | the History Cooperative". Archived from the original on 29 September 2012. Retrieved 22 September 2010. (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' '
- ↑ "Advertising". The Inquirer . No. 350. Western Australia. 14 April 1847. p. 2. Retrieved 6 April 2019– via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "Papers in Labour History No.6" (PDF). Department of Industrial Relations, University of Western Australia. p. 3. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
- ↑ Anthony G. Flude (2003). "CONVICTS SENT TO NEW ZEALAND! The Boys from Parkhurst Prison". Archived from the original on 29 January 2016. Retrieved 9 February 2016.
- ↑ "Memorial by the Colonists of South Australia against the Introduction of Convicts". The South Australian . Vol. VIII, no. 600. South Australia. 14 February 1845. p. 2. Retrieved 15 November 2016– via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ Francesca Ashurst; Couze Venn (7 February 2014). Inequality, Poverty, Education: A Political Economy of School Exclusion. pp. 95–96. ISBN 978-1137347015 . Retrieved 9 February 2016.
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