The First Fleet and Early Settlement Documents

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SETIS Collections :: SLNSW Collections

1. SETIS Collections

Search Keywords (Limit search to subject "Early Settlement" or by author.) See also the Inland Exploration journals

  • David Blackburn Papers and Letters of David Blackburn (Mitchell Library MSS)
  • William Bradley Voyage to NSW 1786-1792 (Mitchell Library MSS: SLNSW Images)
  • Ralph Clark Journal and Letters of Lieutenant Ralph Clark (Mitchell Library MSS: SLNSW Images)
  • Newton Fowell Papers and Letters (Mitchell Library MSS)
  • John Hunter An Historical Journal of the Transactions at Port Jackson and Norfolk Island
  • Philip Ridley King The Journal of Philip Gidley King
  • Jacob Nagle Jacob Nagle His Book (Mitchell Library MSS: SLNSW Images)
  • Arthur Phillip The Voyage of Governor Phillip to Botany Bay
  • Watkin Tench A Narrative of the Expedition to Botany Bay
  • Watkin Tench A Complete Account of the Settlement at Port Jackson
  • William Waterhouse Papers: Letters Received from Henry Waterhouse (Mitchell Library MSS)
  • John White Journal of a Voyage to New South Wales
  • George B. Worgan Journal of a First Fleet Surgeon
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    Related Texts

  • David Collins: An Account of the English Colony in New South Wales Volume 1 || Volume 2
  • David D. Mann The Present Picture of New South Wales
  • William Charles Wentworth Statistical, Historical, and Political Description of The Colony of New South Wales And Its dependent Settlements in Van Diemen's Land
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    2. State Library of New South Wales Collections

  • George Bouchier Worgan - Letter to Richard Worgan, 20 January 1788 – 11 July 1788 (c830/a1175)
  • John Easty - `Pt Jno Easty A Memorandum of the Transa… of a Vy Voiage from England to Botany Bay in The Scarborough …’ (dl_spencer374/a1145)
  • James Scott / Remark on a passage Botnay [sic] bay 1787 (ms_q43/a1142)
  • A Journal of a Voyage from Portsmouth to New South Wales and China in the Lady Penrhyn, Merchantman William Cropton Sever, Commander by Arthur Bowes, Smyth, Surgeon – 1787-1788 –1789 (safe1_15/a1085)
  • Arthur Bowes Smyth - drawings from his journal (safe1_15/a604)
    • Ralph Clark - journal kept on the Friendship during a voyage to Botany Bay and Norfolk Island ... (safe1_27/a262)
  • Jacob Nagle his Book A.D. One Thousand Eight Hundred and Twenty Nine May 19th. Canton. Stark County Ohio', 1775-1802, compiled 1829 (mss5954/a366)
  • Phillip Parker King - album of drawings and engravings, 1802-1829 (pxc767/a1084)
  • Fowell letters
  • William Bradley journal : A Voyage to New South Wales, December 1786 - May 1792 (safe1_14/a138)
  • William Bradley - drawings from the First Fleet journal titled `A Voyage to New South Wales (safe1_14/a157)
  • William Bradley - charts from the First Fleet journal titled 'A Voyage to New South Wales', December 1786 - May 1792 (safe1_14/a158)
  • William Bradley - maps from the First Fleet journal titled 'A Voyage to New South Wales', December 1786 - May 1792 (safe1_14/a160)
  • William Waterhouse - papers, 1782-1803 ( letters received by William Waterhouse from his son Henry Waterhouse) (mss6544/a603)
  • David Blackburn - papers relating to his service in New South Wales, 1788-1792 (mss6937/a591)
  • David Blackburn - letters received (2) from his sister Margaret Blackburn, 1785 & 1789 (mss6937/a590)
  • Margaret Blackburn - letters received (14) from her brother David Blackburn, 1787-1791 (mss6937/a588)
  • David Blackburn - letters received by Richard Knight, 12 July 1788, 19 March 1791 (safe1_120/a587)
  • Blackburn family - miscellaneous papers, being mainly correspondence relating to David Blackburn's death, 1779-1796 (mss6937/a592)

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    View of the Settlement on Sydney Cove 20th August 1788