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The heights of British male convict children transported to Australia, 1825–1840. Part I
Author(s) -
NICHOLAS STEPHEN,
SHERGOLD PETER R.
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
journal of paediatrics and child health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.631
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1440-1754
pISSN - 1034-4810
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1754.1982.tb01992.x
Subject(s) - convict , medicine , demography , port (circuit theory) , criminology , psychology , sociology , electrical engineering , engineering
. This survey of 7,877 indents of convict arrivals at Port Jackson 1825–40 challenges the hypothesis of Dr. Bryan Gandevia that the convict boys were of very short stature. It is argued that mean age‐specific heights of male juveniles were from 3–9 cm taller than the earlier estimates suggest, and the transported convict boys were of similar stature to British non‐convict boys of comparable socio‐economic status.