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The journal of Arthur Bowes Smyth : surgeon, Lady Penrhyn, 1787-1789 / edited by Paul G. Fidlon and R. J. Ryan.
Record no.:
221
Author:
Smyth, Arthur Bowes, 1750-1790;
Fidlon, Paul G.;
Ryan, R. J., editor.;
Publisher:
Sydney :: Australian Documents Library,
Year:
1979.
Description:
xix, 196 pages : illustrations, facsimile, plates ; 26 cm
Subject:
Smyth, Arthur Bowes, 1750-1790 Diaries.;
Lady Penrhyn (Ship);
Voyages around the world.;
Voyages and travels.;
Australia - History - 1851-1891.;
Oceania - Discovery and exploration.;
Australia - Description and travel.;
New South Wales - History Sources.;
Australia - History - 1788-1851.;
Notes:
Includes index. Includes passenger lists.
Includes bibliographical (pages 9-10) and index. Nagle Library Rare Books Special Collections copy 910.45 / SMYT signed on front free endpaper: "J F Nagle"
Type:
Monograph
ISBN:
0908219008 :;
Abstract:
Describes the voyage of the First Fleet, Smyth's stay in Australia and his return voyage via Tahiti and China. Details are given of treatment of the women convicts during the voyage and events in the first three months of the new colony, including comments
on the behaviour of convicts and marines, encounters with the Aborigines and the fauna and flora of the mainland, Lord Howe and Norfolk Islands. Contains detailed lists of the ship's company, officers stationed in N.S.W., female convicts aboard the Lady Penrhyn together with a list of children on board.
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