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  1. Preface

    2:59

  2. Chapter I. A Retrospect of the State of the Colony of Port Jackson, on the Date of my former Narrative, in July, 1788

    7:41

  3. Chapter II. Transactions of the Colony from the sailing of the First Fleet in July, 1788, to the Close of that Year

    6:19

  4. Chapter III. Transactions of the Colony, from the Commencement of the Year 1789, until the End of March

    16:22

  5. Chapter IV. Transactions of the Colony in April and May, 1789

    14:01

  6. Chapter V. Transactions of the Colony until the Close of the Year 1789

    21:50

  7. Chapter VI. Transactions of the Colony, from the Beginning of the Year 1790 until the End of May following

    14:58

  8. Chapter VII. Transactions of the Colony in June, July, and August, 1790

    16:24

  9. Chapter VIII. Transactions of the Colony in the Beginning of September, 1790

    13:43

  10. Chapter IX. Transactions of the Colony in part of September and October, 1790

    18:23

  11. Chapter X. The arrival of the 'Supply' from Batavia; the State of the Colony in November, 1790

    21:21

  12. Chapter XI. Farther Transactions of the Colony in November, 1790

    9:59

  13. Chapter XII. Transactions of the Colony in Part of December, 1790

    28:13

  14. Chapter XIII. The Transactions of the Colony continued to the End of May, 1791

    14:05

  15. Chapter XIV. Travelling Diaries in New South Wales

    36:47

  16. Chapter XV. Transactions of the Colony to the end of November, 1791

    12:55

  17. Chapter XVI. Transactions of the colony until 18th of December 1791, when I quitted it, with an Account of its state at that time

    37:26

  18. Chapter XVII Part 1. Miscellaneous Remarks on the country. On its vegetable productions. On its climate. On its animal productions. On its natives, etc.

    34:15

  19. Chapter XVII Part 2. Miscellaneous Remarks on the country. On its vegetable productions. On its climate. On its animal productions. On its natives, etc.

    53:09

  20. Chapter XVII. Observations on the Convicts

    6:26

  21. Chapter XIX. Facts relating to the probability of establishing a whale fishery on the coast of New South Wales, with Thoughts on the same

    7:04

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Shelter, food and workable soil dominate Watkin Tench's account of early Port Jackson. Drawing on daily notes and excursions into the surrounding country, he records the settlement's affairs from July 1788 to December 1791. The opening describes stores under fragile thatch, officers living in tents and soldiers turning to building and cultivation. Convict labour and the movement of ships connect daily work with the struggle to obtain supplies.

Travelling diaries and observations on the climate, plants, animals and people of New South Wales accompany the chronological narrative. Tench reconsiders his early judgment of local residents, acknowledging that attacks by settlers helped cause conflict. A later episode follows a group of convicts who take the governor's cutter and venture out to sea. Readers interested in the settlement's history can examine its practical difficulties alongside the explanations and changing opinions of a participant.

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129
Language
English
Genre
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