Complete Account of the Settlement at Port Jackson

by Watkin Tench

21 chapters6h 34mEnglish1793

About this book

Watkin Tench was a British marine officer who sailed with the First Fleet from England to Australia, landing in January 1788. He first wrote an account of his experiences with the First Fleet in a book called "A Narrative of the Expedition to Botany Bay". Later he published this book, "A Complete Account of the Settlement at Port Jackson", where he takes up from where he left off in the previous account; July 1788 up until he left the colony in December 1791. This is one of the earliest published accounts of this pivotal period in Australian history. Tench displays all the assumptions and world-views of an officer of Imperial England, but also reveals his own intelligent personality and occasional flashes of empathy. The account is a classic of its kind and is invaluable to historians. (Summary by chocmuse)

Chapters (20)

1Chapter I. A Retrospect of the State of the Colony of Port Jackson, on the Date of my former Narrative, in July, 1788

461

2Chapter II. Transactions of the Colony from the sailing of the First Fleet in July, 1788, to the Close of that Year

379

3Chapter III. Transactions of the Colony, from the Commencement of the Year 1789, until the End of March

982

4Chapter IV. Transactions of the Colony in April and May, 1789

841

5Chapter V. Transactions of the Colony until the Close of the Year 1789

1310

6Chapter VI. Transactions of the Colony, from the Beginning of the Year 1790 until the End of May following

898

7Chapter VII. Transactions of the Colony in June, July, and August, 1790

984

8Chapter VIII. Transactions of the Colony in the Beginning of September, 1790

823

9Chapter IX. Transactions of the Colony in part of September and October, 1790

1103

10Chapter X. The arrival of the 'Supply' from Batavia; the State of the Colony in November, 1790

1281

11Chapter XI. Farther Transactions of the Colony in November, 1790

599

12Chapter XII. Transactions of the Colony in Part of December, 1790

1693

13Chapter XIII. The Transactions of the Colony continued to the End of May, 1791

845

14Chapter XIV. Travelling Diaries in New South Wales

2207

15Chapter XV. Transactions of the Colony to the end of November, 1791

775

16Chapter XVI. Transactions of the colony until 18th of December 1791, when I quitted it, with an Account of its state at that time

2246

17Chapter XVII Part 1. Miscellaneous Remarks on the country. On its vegetable productions. On its climate. On its animal productions. On its natives, etc.

2055

18Chapter XVII Part 2. Miscellaneous Remarks on the country. On its vegetable productions. On its climate. On its animal productions. On its natives, etc.

3189

19Chapter XVII. Observations on the Convicts

386

20Chapter XIX. Facts relating to the probability of establishing a whale fishery on the coast of New South Wales, with Thoughts on the same

424

Complete Account of the Settlement at Port Jackson

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