Title 1788 : comprising A narrative of the expedition to Botany Bay and A complete account of the settlement at Port Jackson / Watkin Tench ; edited and introduced by Tim Flannery

Published Melbourne : Text Publishing, 1996

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Description 276 pages : 1 map, 1 portrait ; 20 cm Contents The Extraordinary Watkin Tench by Tim Flannery -- A Narrative of the Expedition to Botany Bay -- A Complete Account of the Settlement at Port Jackson -- A List of the Civil and Military Establishments in New South Wales Summary Watkin Tench stepped ashore at Botany Bay with the First Fleet in January 1788. He was in his late twenties, a captain of the marines, and on the advanture of his life. Insatiably curious, with a natural genius for storytelling, Tench wrote two enthralling accounts of the infant colony - A Narrative of the Expedition to Botany Bay and A Complete Account of the Settlement at port Jackson. Tench brings to life the legendary figures of Bennelong, Arabanoo and Governor Phillip, and records the voices of convicts trying to make new lives in their new country Notes First published as 2 separate vols.: A narrative of the expedition to Botany Bay. London : Printed for J. Debrett, opposite Burlington-house, Piccadilly, 1789, and A complete account of the settlement at Port Jackson, in New South Wales. London : Sold by G. Nicol ... and J. Sewell, 1793 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references Subject Tench, Watkin, 1759?-1833. Tench, Watkin, 1759?-1833 -- Diaries. Great Britain. Royal Navy. Fleet, First. Explorers -- Australia -- New South Wales -- Diaries. SUBJECT Australia -- History -- 1788-1851. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85009592 Botany Bay (N.S.W.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85016009 -- Discovery and exploration. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99002238 New South Wales http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79033009 -- Description and travel http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001278 -- Early works to 1800. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2010013804 New South Wales http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79033009 -- Description and travel http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001278 -- To 1850 -- Early works to 1800 New South Wales http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79033009 -- Discovery and exploration. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99002238 New South Wales -- History http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh90001495 -- 1788-1851 New South Wales -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh90001495 Port Jackson (N.S.W.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh95000707 -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005024 Australia -- Discovery and exploration. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008114308 Sydney (N.S.W.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79021855 -- History http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005024 -- 1788-1851 Genre/Form Diaries. Author Flannery, Tim F. (Tim Fridtjof), 1956- Tench, Watkin, 1759?-1833. Complete account of the settlement at Port Jackson Tench, Watkin, 1759?-1833. Narrative of the expedition to Botany Bay. LC no. 97135174 ISBN 1875847278 (paperback)

Other Titles Seventeen eighty eight

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