The York Chronicle 22nd September 1786£75.00 "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.
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London Chronicle 2 December 1786£90.00 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.
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Barrington£50.00 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.
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Convicts in Van Diemens Land£60.00 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.
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Letters in Town from Botany Bay£45.00 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.
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Case Against Captain Hunter£45.00 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.
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Captain Flinders Prisoner£25.00 An American ship from the Isle de France arrived at Bordeaux.Captain Flinders of the English Navy and several other English Officers detained as prsioners 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.
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Lt Governor Foveaux Arrives£50.00 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.
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Piracy and Murder by Convicts£90.00 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.
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Loss of the Cataquari£90.00 414 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.
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New South Wales 1812£60.00 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.
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New South Wales 1826£50.00 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.
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New South Wales 1827£25.00 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.
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South Sea Islanders in Sydney£30.00 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.
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Convict Ships£30.00 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.
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New South Wales Intelligence£50.00 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.
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Female Emigration£75.00 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.
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Pollocks Reef£35.00 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.
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Captain Sir Richard Spencer£120.00 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.
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South Australia£50.00 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.
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Rascally Condition Of Emigrant Ships£100.00 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.
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