bindex.qxd 8/31/04 9:54 AM Page 223 Index aboriginals, 77–80, 82 American Revolution, 6, 14, described, 78–79 20 smallpox victims, 87–88 Ann and Elizabeth (ship), 192, threat to Bryant escape, 194 121–22, 126, 127, 128, Anstis, Nicholas, 210–11n.2 130, 136, 137, 171 Australia abortion, 34, 93 aborigines, 77–79 Account of the English Colony British claims, 14 in New South Wales Mary’s heroine status in, 196 (Collins), 70 sail around, 115 Aitken, Captain, 102 smallpox introduction, albatross, 51, 52, 55 87–88 Alexander (transport ship), 29, See also New South Wales; 32, 33, 41, 45 Port Jackson convictCOPYRIGHTED escape attempt, MATERIAL 37–38 Baker, Elizabeth, 12 Allen, William, 113, 122–23, Ball, Captain, 117 138, 140 Balmain, William, 47, 91 return to England, 159, Banks, Sir Joseph, 14 170–72, 176–79, 184, 193, Batavia, 97, 103, 115, 117, 214n.1 159, 162 223 bindex.qxd 8/31/04 9:54 AM Page 224 Index Batavia (continued) malaria and death of, conditions in, 155–57 156–57, 162, 171 See also Timor Bryant, Mary (née Broad) Bird, John, 100 appearance of, 11, 170 Bird, Samuel, 100, 108–9, birth of daughter, 48. See 122–23, 214n.1 also Spence, Charlotte death of, 158, 171 birth of son, 94, 181. See black market, 82–84 also Bryant, Emanuel Bligh, William, 103, 115, Boswell benefaction, 141–42, 148–49, 213n.1 173–77, 179–80, 181–82, as Bryant escape inspiration, 183–84, 185, 192–94, 195 108–9 crimes and arrest, 2–7 Bond, Nicholas, 170, 171, Dunkirk imprisonment, 172 19–27 Bonner, Jane, 45 Dutch imprisonment, 147 Borrowdale (supply ship), escape. See Bryant escape 29–30, 45 party Boswell, David, 181, 184, 185 family’s inheritance, 187, Boswell, James, 173–80, 191 181–82, 183–89, 191–94, first trial, 10–14 195 “Girl from Botany Bay” Botany Bay, 57-58, 75, 77, 92, eponym, 178, 188, 194 102. See also Port Jackson hanging sentence, 12, 14, 170 Bounty mutiny, 103, 110, husband’s betrayal, 144, 148–49, 160 146–47 Bowes, Arthur, 55, 62 illness/death of daughter, Bridewell Prison, 166 161–63, 171 Broad, Dolly, 187, 188–89, illness/death of son, 156–57, 191, 193, 195, 217n.2 171, 192 Broad, Mary. See Bryant, Mary life as free woman, 181–94 Brown, William, 50 London celebrity, 172 Brownrigg, Elizabeth, 177 lost status in Port Jackson, Bryant, Elizabeth, 196 84–85 Bryant, Emanuel (Mary’s son), marriage, 63–65, 90–91 98, 105, 123, 125, 126, marriage advantages, 69–70 131, 132, 137–38, 141, marriage breakup, 144, 146 146, 150–51, 152, 154 in Newgate Prison, 169–70, birth of, 94 176–79 224 bindex.qxd 8/31/04 9:54 AM Page 225 Index pardon, 179–80, 181 reduced status of, 84, 89, 90 personality of, 138 severe flogging of, 84, 85, 91 pregnancy in Port Jackson, Bryant escape party, 118–23, 89, 91, 92 135–48 pregnancy on shipboard, 27, aid from Dutch ship captain, 31, 34, 39, 43–44, 47 118–19 public sympathy for, 171–72 Boswell pardon campaign reprieve to penal colony, for, 175, 179–80, 181, 16–17, 151 183, 193 return to Cornwall, 191–94 Boswell’s memorandum on, reunion with sister, 188–89 192, 196 survival instincts, 24–25, 26, Will Bryant’s betrayal, 144, 65, 114–15, 129, 138, 141 146–47 Timor comforts, 141, 142 Will Bryant’s log, 196, unknown ultimate fate, 213n.1 195–96 celebrity of, 159, 171–72, voyage on Charlotte, 34–39, 173–76, 178 43, 48, 49–55 challenges to, 119–20 voyage on Gorgon, 158–63 cover story, 140, 141–42, voyage on Horssen, 157–58 145 voyage on Rembang, 150–57 deaths of members, 158 Bryant, Mary Anne, 196 disguised identities, 139, Bryant, William 140, 141 background, 34–35, 70, 83 Dutch haven, 140–44, betrayal of escape partners, 145–46 144, 146–47 Dutch imprisonment, black marketing by, 82–84 147–48 death of, 157, 162, 171 Dutch turnover to British, discontents, 90–91, 144 148–54 disguised identity, 140, 144 embarkation, 122–23 elevated status of, 70, 84 equipment/resources, escape. See Bryant escape 118–23, 212–13n.1 party final weeks, 138–39 as fisherman, 70, 80–84, island stopover, 132–33 93–94, 126 Newgate imprisonment, fundamental dishonesty, 83 169–70 marriage, 64–65, 89–91, only surviving firsthand 105, 144, 146 account, 178 225 bindex.qxd 8/31/04 9:54 AM Page 226 Index Bryant escape party (continued) storm battering, 49–55 personalities, 138 cholera, 69, 88 planning, 85, 99–100, Clark, Ralph, 58, 62, 159, 108–9, 111–14, 118–19 160, 163 Second Fleet members, clothing 112–13, 138 convicts’ lack of, 31, 50, 60 survivors’ return to England, London gentility, 182 159–63 Port Jackson new supplies, trial testimony, 171 105 ultimate failure of, 146–48 Timor, 141 voyage hardships, 125–30, cloves, 140, 150 136–40, 171 Cole, Elizabeth, 12 Burke, Edmund, 173 Collins, David, 53, 70, 83, Butcher, John, 113, 122–23, 111, 205n.11 138, 214n.1 colonialism, 14–15 aliases, 212n.8 convicts. See crime and crimi- return to England, 159, nals; women convicts 170–72, 176–79, 184, 193 Cook, Captain, 14, 57, 58, as Sydney Cove free settler, 109, 115 212n.8 Coombe, William (“Kneebone”), 16 Canary Islands, 37 coral reefs, 133, 135 Cape Horn, 88 Corbett, Edward, 76–77, 79 Cape of Good Hope, 97, 160 Corday, Charlotte, 168 Cape Town, 48, 51, 82, 88, Cornwall, 4, 5–7, 11, 34, 70, 98, 103, 157–58 93, 170, 186, 188, 191, Carpentaria, Gulf of, 136, 139 194, 195–96 Castel, Mr., 186–87, 188–89 court-martials, 45, 149 Charlotte (transport ship), 29, Courtney, Viscount, 13 34–39, 41, 42, 45, 46, 58, Cox, James (“Banbury Jack”), 65, 150, 194 34, 35 birth of Mary’s baby aboard, disappearance from Horssen, 48 158, 171 Will Bryant’s status aboard, escape plot, 99–100, 108–9 35, 70, 84 crime and criminals convicts aboard, 34–35, 82, capital offenses, 3, 11, 13, 99 69, 71, 83, 147 scurvy outbreak, 52 colorful tales, 177–78 226 bindex.qxd 8/31/04 9:54 AM Page 227 Index increase in England, 4–5, Dutch colonizers, 14, 15, 155. 166, 169 See also Batavia; Timor See also penal colonies; dysentery, 25, 51, 60, 67, 69, women convicts 160 Daruks (aboriginals), 77 earthquake, 77 deaths Edwards, Edward, 148–52, aboriginal epidemics, 88 154, 156, 160 from falls overboard, 50 Endeavour (ship), 14 Port Jackson disease victims, England 68–69 colonial convict labor policy, Port Jackson starvation vic- 14 tims, 95–96, 98 ferment and riots, 4–5, 167, Second Fleet arrivals, 108, 168–69 109 See also Cornwall; London shipboard, 25–26, 32, 35, epidemics. See disease 39, 43–44, 45, 161–63, escape attempts 211n.2 Newgate prison, 178 debauchery, 61–64, 71, 91 Port Jackson, 75–77, 79–80, debtors, 177 111–12 de Veil, Sir Thomas, 199n.7 transport ships, 20–21, dingo dogs, 79 37–38, 110, 158 disease, 11, 143 See also Bryant escape party aboriginal deaths, 87–88 Exeter, 4, 14, 15, 151 Port Jackson, 68, 69, 114 Exeter Assizes, 10–14, 34, 82, shipboard, 25–26, 31, 32, 99 37, 39, 43, 60, 154, 156, Exeter Cathedral, 10 160–63 Eyre, Sir James, 10, 11, 12, 13, See also specific diseases 16 doldrums, 45 drunkenness, 45, 46, 47, 62, famine. See hunger 64, 91, 92 Farm Cove, 65, 79, 84, 88 Dundas, Henry, 175–76, Farrell, Phillip, 202n.12 179 feminist manifesto, 168 Dunkirk (prison ship), 19–27, First Fleet, 29–60, 61, 70, 100, 82, 99 106 conditions, 19–23, 26, 34, accidents and disorders, 35, 150 45–46 227 bindex.qxd 8/31/04 9:54 AM Page 228 Index First Fleet (continued) Cornish pilchard failure, Botany Bay harbor disap- 5–7 pointment, 57–58 Port Jackson, 68, 70, 71, Christmas Day observance, 80–83, 93–94, 97–98 53 flies, 60 conflicts among officers, flogging, 36, 45, 63, 72, 84, 46–47 85, 111, 178 convoy communications, Flores Island, 153 41–42 food deficiencies of, 30–33, 35, Bryant escape party, 118–19, 39, 43–45, 50, 52 120–21, 123, 132, 133, departure from Port Jackson, 138, 212–13n.1 82 Kupang, 142–43 embarkation, 33 Port Jackson, 67–68, 71, 73, end of journey, 58–60 81–84, 88–89, 92–94, escape attempts, 20–21, 95–99, 105, 116, 118 37–38 transport ship, 24–25, 31, fleet commander, 30–33 39, 42, 44–45, 47, 52, 53 mutiny attempts, 20–21, 33 See also hunger passenger makeup, 30 Fortunate Cove, 126 Rio de Janeiro landing, Fowey (Cornish town), 1, 5, 6, 47–48, 50 11, 174, 186, 191, 195 scurvy outbreak, 52 French Revolution, 103, ships comprising, 29–30, 33 167–69, 183 Tenerife landing, 37–39 French ships, 75, 102 Van Diemen’s Land sighting, Friendly Isles, 103 53, 55–56 Friendship (transport ship), 29, violence outbreaks, 45–46 41, 45, 58 women convicts’ plight, 31, Fryer, Catherine, 3, 12, 16, 65, 35–36, 43–44, 50, 52 120–21 See also specific ships Fishburn (supply ship), 29–30 gambling, 91 fishing George III, King, 5, 11, 14, 74, Bryant escape party, 120, 103, 173, 179, 181 121, 126, 133 birthday celebration, 72–74, Bryants’ black market, 83 76 convict ship provisions, 42, Golden Grove (supply ship), 45 29–30, 45, 54 228 bindex.qxd 8/31/04 9:54 AM Page 229 Index Gorgon (transport ship), Indonesia.