An Account of the English Colony in New South Wales [Volume 1]
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An Account of the English Colony in New South Wales [Volume 1] With Remarks on the Dispositions, Customs, Manners &c. of the Native Inhabitants of that Country. To Which are Added, Some Particulars of New Zealand: Complied by Permission, From the Mss. of Lieutenant-Governor King Collins, David (1756-1810) A digital text sponsored by University of Sydney Library Sydney 2003 colacc1 http://purl.library.usyd.edu.au/setis/id/colacc1 © University of Sydney Library. The texts and images are not to be used for commercial purposes without permission Prepared from the print edition published by T. Cadell Jun. and W. Davies 1798 All quotation marks are retained as data. First Published: 1798 F263 Australian Etext Collections at Early Settlement prose nonfiction pre-1810 An Account of the English Colony in New South Wales [Volume 1] With Remarks on the Dispositions, Customs, Manners &c. of the Native Inhabitants of that Country. To Which are Added, Some Particulars of New Zealand: Complied by Permission, From the Mss. of Lieutenant-Governor King Contents. Introduction. SECT. PAGE I. TRANSPORTS hired to carry Convicts to Botany Bay. — The Sirius and the Supply i commissioned. — Preparations for sailing. — Tonnage of the Transports. — Numbers embarked. — Fleet sails. — Regulations on board the Transports. — Persons left behind. — Two Convicts punished on board the Sirius. — The Hyæna leaves the Fleet. — Arrival of the Fleet at Teneriffe. — Proceedings at that Island. — Some Particulars respecting the Town of Santa Cruz. — An Excursion made to Laguna. — A Convict escapes from one of the Transports, but is retaken. — Proceedings. — The Fleet leaves Teneriffe, and puts to Sea. II. Proceed on the Voyage. — Altitude of the Peak of Teneriffe. — Pass the Isles of Sal, xiii Bonavista, May, and St. Iago. — Cross the Equator. — Progress. — Arrive at the Brazils. — Transactions at Rio de Janeiro. — Some Particulars of that Town. — Sail thence. — Passage to the Cape of Good Hope. — Transactions there. — Some Particulars respecting the Cape. — Depart for New South Wales. III. Proceed on the Voyage. — Captain Phillip sails onward in the Supply, taking with him xxxv three of the Transports. — Pass the Island of St. Paul. — Weather, January 1788. — The South Cape of New Holland made. — The Sirius and her Convoy anchor in the Harbour of Botany Bay. An ACCOUNT of the ENGLISH COLONY in NEW SOUTH WALES. CHAP. I. Arrival of the Fleet at Botany Bay. — The Governor proceeds to Port Jackson, where it is 1 determined to fix the Settlement. — Two French Ships under M. de la Perouse arrive at Botany Bay. — The Sirius and Convoy arrive at Port Jackson. — Transactions. — Disembarkation. — Commission and Letters Patent read. — Extent of the Territory of New South Wales. — Behaviour of the Convicts. — The Criminal Court twice assembled. — Account of the different Courts. — The Supply sent with some Settlers to Norfolk Island. — Transactions. — Natives. — Weather. II. Broken Bay visited. — M. de la Perouse sails. — Transactions. — The Supply returns. — 19 Lord Howe Island discovered. — The Ships for China sail. — Some Convicts wounded by the Natives. — Scurvy. — New Store-house. — Necessary Orders and Appointments. — Excursions into the Country. — New Branch of the Harbour into Port Jackson. — Sheep. III. Transactions. — Transports sail for China. — The Supply sails for Lord Howe Island. — 27 Return of Stock in the Colony in May. — The Supply returns. — Transactions. — A Convict wounded. — Rush-cutters killed by the Natives. — Governor’s Excursion. — His Majesty’s Birth-day. — Behaviour of the Convicts. — Cattle lost. — Natives. — Proclamation. — Earthquake. — Transports sail for England. — Supply sails for Norfolk Island. — Transactions. — Natives. — Convicts wounded. IV. Heavy Rains. — Public Works. — Sheep stolen. — Prince of Wales’s Birth-day. — Fish. 37 — Imposition of a Convict. — Natives. — Apprehensive of a Failure of Provisions. — Natives. — Judicial Administration. — A Convict murdered. V. Settlement of Rose Hill. — The Golden Grove returns from Norfolk Island. — The 45 Storeships sail for England. — Transactions. — James Daley tried and executed for Housebreaking. — Botany Bay examined by the Governor. — A Convict found dead in the Woods. — Christmas Day. — A Native taken and brought up to the Settlement. — Weather. — Climate. — Report of Deaths from the Departure of the Fleet from England to the 31st of December 1788. VI. New Year’s Day. — Convicts, how employed. — Their Disposition to Idleness and Vice. 51 — Her Majesty’s Birth-day kept. — Natives. — Captain Shea dies. — Regulations respecting the Convicts. — Instances of their Misconduct. — Transactions. — The Supply sails for Norfolk Island. — Public Works. — Natives. — Convicts killed. — Stores robbed. — The Supply returns. — Insurrection projected at Norfolk Island. — Hurricane there. — Transactions at Rose Hill. VII. Neutral Bay. — Small-pox among the Natives. — Captain Hunter in the Sirius returns 64 with Supplies from the Cape of Good Hope. — Middleton Island discovered. — Danger of wandering in the Forests of an unknown Country. — Convicts. — The King’s Birth-day kept. — Convicts perform a Play. — A Reinforcement under Lieutenant Cresswell sent to Norfolk Island. — Governor Phillip makes an Excursion of Discovery. — Transactions. — Hawkesbury River discovered. — Progress at Rose Hill. — Important Papers left behind in England. VIII. Barracks. — Stock. — Intelligence from Norfolk Island. — Police established at the 75 principal Settlement. — A successful Haul of Fish. — A Soldier tried for a Rape. — Provisions begin to fail. — Natives. — A Launch completed. — Rats. — Ration reduced to Two-thirds. — Sirius returns to the Cove. — One of her Mates lost in the Woods. — Supply sails for Norfolk Island. — Utility of the Night Watch. — A Female Convict executed for House- breaking. — Two Natives taken. — Serious Charge against the Assistant Commissary satisfactorily cleared up. — Lieutenant Dawes’s Excursion. — The Supply returns. — Transactions. IX. A Convict made a free Settler. — A pleasing Delusion. — Extraordinary Supply of Fish. — 92 Cæsar’s Narrative. — Another Convict wounded by the Natives. — The Supply arrives from Norfolk Island. — A large Number of Settlers sent thither on board the Sirius and Supply. — Heavy Rains. — Scarcity of Provisions increasing in an alarming Degree. — Lieutenant Maxwell’s Insanity. — News brought of the Loss of the Sirius. — Allowance of Provisions still further reduced. — The Supply sent to Batavia for Relief. — Robberies frequent and daring. — An old Man dies of Hunger. — Rose Hill. — Salt and Fishing-lines made. — The Native escapes. — Transactions. X. The Lady Juliana Transport arrives from England. — The Guardian. — His Majesty’s Birth- 114 day — Thanksgiving for His Majesty’s Recovery. The Justinian Storeship arrives. Full Ration ordered. — Three Transports arrive. — Horrid State of the Convicts on board. — Sick landed. — Instance of Sagacity in a Dog. — A Convict drowned. — Mortality and Number of Sick on the 13th. — Convicts sent to Rose Hill. — A Town marked out there. — Works in Hand at Sydney. — Instructions respecting Grants of Land. — Mr Fergusson drowned. — Convicts’ Claims on the Master of the Neptune. — Transactions. — Criminal Court. — Whale. XI. Governor Phillip wounded by a Native. — Intercourse opened with the Natives. — Great 133 Haul of Fish. — Convicts abscond with a Boat. — Works. — Want of Rain. — Natives. — Supply returns from Batavia. — Transactions there — Criminal Courts. James Bloodworth emancipated. — Oars found in the Woods. — A Convict brought back in the Supply. — A Boat with five People lost. — Public Works. — A Convict wounded by a Native. — Armed Parties sent out to avenge him. — A Dutch Vessel arrives with Supplies from Batavia. — Decrease by Sickness and Casualties in 1790. XII. New Year’s Day. — A Convict drowned. — A Native killed. — Signal Colours stolen. — 146 Supply sails for Norfolk Island. — H. E. Dodd, Superintendant at Rose Hill, dies. — Public Works. — Terms offered for the Hire of the Dutch Snow to England. — The Supply returns. — State of Norfolk Island. — Fishing-boat overset. — Excessive Heats. — Officers and Seamen of the Sirius embark in the Snow. — Supply sails for Norfolk Island, and the Waaksamheyd for England. — William Bryant and other Convicts escape from New South Wales. — Ruse, a Settler, declares that he can maintain himself without Assistance from the Public Stores. — Ration reduced. — Orders respecting Marriage. — Port Regulations. — Settlers. — Public Works. XIII. A Musquet found by a Native Reports of Plans to seize Boats. — Supply arrives from 161 Norfolk Island. — The King’s Birth-day. — A Canoe destroyed. — Its evil Effects. — Corn sown. — Battery begun. — One hundred and forty Acres inclosed for Cattle. — The Mary Ann arrives. — Two Criminal Courts held. — Ration improved. — The Matilda arrives. — The Mary Ann sails for Norfolk Island. — Settlers. — The Atlantic and Salamander arrive. — Full Ration issued. — The William and Ann arrives. — Natives. — Public Works. XIV. The Salamander sails for, and the Mary Ann arrives from Norfolk Island. — Bondel, a 176 Native, returns. — A Seaman, for sinking a Canoe, punished. — The Gorgon arrives. — Commission of Emancipation, and Public Seal. — The Active and Queen arrive. — Complaints against the Master of the Queen. — Supply ordered home. — Albemarle arrives. — Mutiny on board — Britannia and Admiral Barrington arrive. — Future Destination of the Transports.