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A Complete Account of the Settlement at Port Jackson, in New South Wales - Including an Accurate Description of the Situation of the Colony, of the Natives, and of its Natural Productions (Paperback)
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A Complete Account of the Settlement at Port Jackson, in New South Wales - Including an Accurate Description of the Situation of the Colony, of the Natives, and of its Natural Productions (Paperback)
Series: Cambridge Library Collection - History of Oceania
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In May 1787 a fleet of ships carrying convicts left England bound
for Botany Bay, New South Wales, where they were to establish a
settlement. One of the crew on board the Charlotte was Watkin Tench
(c.1758-1833), who wrote about the voyage of what was later known
as the First Fleet. He remained in New South Wales, living in Port
Jackson (part of present-day Sydney) from 1788 to 1791, and in this
work, published in 1793, he gives a vivid, first-hand account of
the early years of British settlement. The chapters are
chronologically organised and discuss the many challenges settlers
in the fledgling colony faced in staying alive, such as illness and
lack of food and other provisions. He also recounts the often
violent encounters and 'unabated animosity' between the settlers
and the aboriginal people, making this work an important source on
the colonisation of Australia.
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