Claim: Simon Taylor, a barque built in 1824 on the River Thames. brought 18 Parkhurst apprentices to Western Australia on August 1842; then after three months, St. George brought 92 Parkhurst apprentices to New Zealand.
Evidence: Simon Taylor was a barque built in 1824 on the River Thames that transported assisted migrants to Western Australia. Two hundred and forty-two passengers disembarked, of which 219 were assisted migrants to Western Australia, and a further 18 were Parkhurst apprentices – these were juvenile criminals from the Isle of Wight who were transported to Western Australia but pardoned on arrival on the condition that they take up an apprenticeship with a local settler. Simon Taylor departed from London on 30 April 1842 and docked at Fremantle, Western Australia on 20 August. St George November 1842 92 New Zealand