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An Account of a Voyage to Establish a Colony at Port Philip in Bass's Strait, on the South Coast of New South Wales - In His Majesty's Ship Calcutta, in the Years 1802-3-4 (Paperback)
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An Account of a Voyage to Establish a Colony at Port Philip in Bass's Strait, on the South Coast of New South Wales - In His Majesty's Ship Calcutta, in the Years 1802-3-4 (Paperback)
Series: Cambridge Library Collection - History of Oceania
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James Tuckey (1776-1816) was a naval officer who was appointed
first lieutenant on H.M.S. Calcutta. In 1802 the ship was given
orders to sail to New South Wales, Australia, to survey the harbour
at Port Phillip, and to establish a colony. The Calcutta departed
from Portsmouth in April 1803 and arrived in New South Wales in
October. After Tuckey returned from the assignment, he published
this account in 1805. He begins the work by explaining the motives
behind establishing the colony - it was to be used for convicts,
some of whom he was transporting on the ship. The first four
chapters discuss the journey but the final chapter focuses on the
attempts to establish a colony and encounters with the indigenous
population, and gives a survey of the coastline. Port Phillip
became the city Melbourne, and this work is a valuable source about
its early years of settlement.
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