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by Watkin Tench
PREFACE - A Complete Account of the Settlement at Port Jackson
A Complete Account of the Settlement at Port Jackson - by - Watkin Tench
PREFACE
CHAPTER I. - A Retrospect of the State of the Colony of Port Jackson, on the Date of my former Narrative, in July, 1788.
CHAPTER II. - Transactions of the Colony from the sailing of the First Fleet in July, 1788, to the Close of that Year.
CHAPTER III. - Transactions of the Colony, from the Commencement of the Year 1789, until the End of March.
CHAPTER IV. - Transactions of the Colony in April and May, 1789.
CHAPTER V. - Transactions of the Colony until the Close of the Year 1789.
CHAPTER VI. - Transactions of the Colony, from the Beginning of the Year 1790 until the End of May following.
CHAPTER VII - Transactions of the Colony in June, July, and August, 1790.
Language
en
Duration
~6 hours (385K characters)
Release date
2006-05-08
Rights
Public domain in the USA.

d. 1833
Best known for vivid accounts of the First Fleet and the earliest years of British settlement in Australia, this Royal Marines officer wrote with unusual clarity, curiosity, and wit. His books remain some of the most readable firsthand records of life at Botany Bay and Port Jackson.
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