Australia/Botany Bay
THE FIRST FLEET
1.The York Chronicle-22nd September 1786
"Government is now about settling a colony in New Holland in the Indian Seas...in Botany Bay on the West side of the island where Captain Cook refreshed and stayed some time on his voyage in 1770..."
5" of column space,front page,column 4,in a complete issue of THE YORK CHRONICLE,dated Friday,22nd of September,1786.
£75
2.The London Chronicle-2-5th December 1786
Details of a mother of a small child to be deported to Botany Bay without the father.Mr Simpson(turnkey of Norwich Prison)applies to see Lord Sydney-very long report with a happy ending.
ALSO-Details of trees at Botany Bay of which two types are good for timber. Also Captain Cook found birds of all kinds-and other news.
21" of column space,page 3(529),in a complete issue of THE LONDON CHRONICLE,dated 2-5th of December.1786.
£90
3.Report From The First Fleet-1787
Letter from an Officer on the Botany Bay fleet when it was near the Madeiras "which gives a melancholy account of the state of the convicts..."
1" of column space,page 3,column 1,in a complete issue of THE MORNING POST (LONDON),dated 30th of June,1787.
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4.Barrington-Who Was Later Transported To Botany Bay
Barrington,a well known crook,visits Leeds to see "some wild creatures",pinches 14 guineas out of the pocket of an unsuspecting country cloth maker.
1.5" of column space,page 2,column 3,in a complete issue of THE NEWCASTLE CHRONICLE,dated Saturday,24th of Novemeber,1787.
£50
5.Convicts in Van Diemans Land
Regulations of the Probation System-Probation Dept,1st July,1841.
47" of column space,back page,columns 1-3,in a complete issue of THE GLOBE (LONDON),dated 21st of December,1841.
£6o
6.The First Fleet of Convicts
About 300 convicts already aboard on the ships at Deptford.The ships themselves are about 600 tons,built in the North.Each ship is expected to carry upwards of 250 each,including wives,etc.Also carry provisions,tools,etc. plus feeds of all kinds for the animals,oxen,sheep,hogs,fowls etc.
2.5" of column space,back pge,column 6,in complete issue off THE LONDON CHRONICLE,dated 30 Nov-2nd Dec,1786.
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7.Letters in Town from Botany Bay
1.Bad Harvest Last Winter 2. 90 Lives Lost On Voyage on The Hillsborough bound for Botany Bay-See first report on Front Page of 3"of Column Space in a complete issue of THE MAIDSTONE JOURNAL AND KENTISH ADVERTISER,dated 15th of April,1800.
£45
8.Court Case Against Captain Hunter
Court case on claim that Captain Hunter,previously the Commander of a squadron in the West Indies,until he was appointed to the Chief Command in New South Wales,had omitted to pay Captain Waterhouse certain prize money. 2.5" of column space,page 2(186),column 3,in a complete issue of THE LONDON CHRONICLE,dated 23-25 February,1802.
£45
9.Captain Flinders Prisoner
An American ship from the Isle de France arrived at Bordeaux.Captain Flinders of the English Navy and several other English Officers detained as prisoners of war.
2" of column space,page 15,column 2,in a complete issue of THE LONDON CHRONICLE dated 3-5 of July,1804.
Note:Captain Flinders executed a degree of exploration in Australian waters.
£25
10.LT. Governor Foveaux Arrives
Takes Command from Bligh(Suspended by the Officers of the Colony,who was living in the State House after arrest).
Lt. Governor Foveaux told those who had been prisoners of the colony and had got into the Courts without special licence as Counsellors and Advocates, that a disobedience will be punished in a most exemplary manner,plus other news.
3" of column space,back page,column 3,in a complete issue of THE LONDON CHRONICLE,dated March 30-31,1809.
£50
11.Piracy and Murder by Convicts
Details from a private letter,The Caledonia...a merchants brig...lying in Moreton Bay "was boarded by desperate convicts..."
5.5" of column space,back page,column 5,in a complete issue of THE BIRMINGHAM JOURNAL,dated 10th of November,1832.
£90
12.Loss of the Cataraqui Emigrant Ship
414 lives lost while "braving a fearful gale and the sea running mountains high the ship struck on a reef on the West coast of Kings Island,enterance to the Bass's Straits."
7" of column space,page 5,column 3,all in a complete issue of THE NORTH OF SCOTLAND GAZETTE,Aberdeen,Scotland,dated 10th of November,1846.
£90
SYDNEY
13.The English Chronicle 3-5 July 1800
1.Hillsborough Transport Arrives with Loss of Nearly 200 Out of 300 Exiles
2.Barrington Now High Constable
3.Note on Available Vegetables and Fruit
In all 3.5 of column space,page 2,column 2,in a complete issue of THE ENGLISH CHRONICLE,dated 3-5th of July,1800.
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14.New South Wales
Letters from the 20th of May state great improvements since the accession of Col. Macquarrie.The new town of Sydney now laid out in regular streets.districts with constables and watchmen.
Dorey Wentworth now head of police.5 townships now on the Hawkesbury and George Rivers.Roads from Sydney,Parramatta,and Hawkesbury now repaired with bridges.Sydney's population now 10,000 souls.
2" of column space,page 3(331),of a complete issue of THE LIVERPOOL MERCURY,dated April 17th,1812.
NOTE:Back page repaired with archival tape.
£60
15.New South Wales
Portuguese peasantry to tend the cultivation of grapes.The Woodman from Van Diemens Land arrived with 150 male prisoners,including Mummery the Clergyman,and Christmas the bankers clerk.Lots more small bits of information. The Sydney bank in trouble,etc. In all 6" of column space,page 3,column 1,in a complete issue of THE ABERDEEN CHRONICLE,dated October 14th,1826.
£50
16.New South Wales
Long and interesting piece from the Colonist,running over 12 inches of column space-places mentioned are Kangaroo Island,St Vincents Gulf,Napean Bay,Yankallilla, Mount Lofty and Cape Jervis ranges,Sixteen Mile Creek,Gulf Spencer,Port Lincoln, Site near the Murray River,Rapid Valley-happy prospects of a flourishing colony,on page 3,column 3,of a complete issue of THE GLOBE,dated 20th of July,1837.
£25
17.South Sea Islanders In Sydney
Letter from Mark Boyd to The Times,referring to extreme emergency for labour in 1847,resulting in 140 natives arriving from the New Hebrides group.6" of column space,page 10(1131),in a complete issue of DOUGLAS JERROLD'S WEEKLY NEWSPAPER,dated 2nd of September,1848.
£30
18.Convict Ships
Transportation problems-extract from a piece by the Bishop of Perth(15.5 inches of column space,columns 1-2,on page 9),in a complete issue of THE GUARDIAN,dated 24th of March,1858.
NOTE:This was a London Church paper-front a little torn,but has lost no text.
£30
19.New South Wales Intelligence
Various news items
1.Proclamation by the Governor against 2 minor officials who have absconded from their habitations and fled to the woods.
2.The Argo brings in an extensive supply of tea.
3.Vessels leaving N.S.W. must have a bond stating that they will not be guilty of causing trouble with the natives.
4.Discovery of an excellent grazing track of 8000 acres
In all 9" of column space,column 3,back page,in a complete issue of THE CALEDONIAN MERCURY-EDINBURGH,dated 7th of November,1814.
£50
20.Female Emigration
The ship Sarah has been chartered to take females to Van Diemens Land.Hence 180 females besides several males embarked on board the Venus Steamboat at St Katherine's Docks.13" of column space,front page,column 4,in a complete issue of THE GLOBE,dated 18th of October,1834.
£75
21.Pollocks Reef
Discovered by the Eagle,bound from Van Diemens Land to Suran River,some dangerous reefs to the south of Kangaroo Island.Full details.4" of column space, on page 3,column 5,in a complete issue of THE GLOBE,dated 21st of October,1834.
£35
22.Capt. Sir Richard Spencer
Extract from a letter from Capt. Sir Richard Spencer dated King George's sound to a member of the Society of Friends in London.
"I purchased 1500 acres adjoining this College a few weeks since from Government at 5 shillings per acre." With many more details,in all 3.5 inches of column space,back page,column 3,in a complete issue of THE GLOBE,dated 17th of Decemeber,1834.
£120
23.South Australia
Details from the Third Annual Report of the Colonization Commissioners for South Australia to the Colonial Secretary.In all,22" of column space,back page,column 3,in a complete isssue of THE REFORMER AND HERTS,BEDS,BUCKS, ESSEX,CAMBRIDGE AND MIDDLESEX ADVERTISER,HERTFORD,dated 10th of August,1839.
£50
24.Rascally Condition of Emigrant Ships
Generally talks about awful conditions-ships patched up in a poor way with one or two examples including an unnamed ship which left St Katherine's Dock,bound for South Australia,the sides of which were so rotten and decayed- the planks would not retain a screw or a nail....
In all,10" of column space,page 8(524),column 4,in THE WEEKLY DISPATCH, dated 3rd of November,1839.
£100
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