1788 comprising A narrative of the expedition to Botany Bay and A complete account of the settlement at Port Jackson

Watkin Tench stepped ashore at Botany Bay with the First Fleet in January 1788. He was in his late twenties, a captain of the marines, and on the advanture of his life. Insatiably curious, with a natural genius for storytelling, Tench wrote two enthralling accounts of the infant colony - A Narrative...

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Main Author: Tench, Watkin 1759?-1833
Other Authors: Flannery, Tim F. (Tim Fridtjof) 1956-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Melbourne, Australia Text Publishing Company 1996
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Call Number :DU 160 .T27 1996

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245 1 0 |a 1788  |b comprising A narrative of the expedition to Botany Bay and A complete account of the settlement at Port Jackson  |c Watkin Tench ; edited and introduced by Tim Flannery 
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300 |a 276 pages  |b map, portrait  |c 20 cm 
500 |a First published as 2 separate vols.: A narrative of the expedition to Botany Bay. London : Printed for J. Debrett, opposite Burlington-house, Piccadilly, 1789, and A complete account of the settlement at Port Jackson, in New South Wales. London : Sold by G. Nicol ... and J. Sewell, 1793 
500 |a Originally published in 1789 and 1793. 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references 
505 0 |a The Extraordinary Watkin Tench by Tim Flannery -- A Narrative of the Expedition to Botany Bay -- A Complete Account of the Settlement at Port Jackson -- A List of the Civil and Military Establishments in New South Wales 
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