A Narrative of the Expedition to Botany Bay

Watkin Tench

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Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Chapter 1: From the Embarkation of the Convicts, to the Departure of the Ships from England.
• Chapter 2: From the Departure, to the Arrival of the Fleet at Teneriffe.
• Chapter 3: From the Fleet's Arrival at Teneriffe, to its Departure for Rio de Janeiro, in the Brazils.
• Chapter 4: The Passage from Teneriffe to Rio de Janeiro, in the Brazils.
• Chapter 5: From the Arrival of the Fleet at Rio de Janeiro, till its Departure for the Cape of Good Hope; with some Remarks on the Brazils.
• Chapter 6: The Passage from the Brazils to the Cape of Good Hope; with an Account of the Transactions of the Fleet there.
• Chapter 7: The Passage from the Cape of Good Hope to Botany Bay.
• Chapter 8: From the Fleet's Arrival at Botany Bay to the Evacuation of it; and taking Possession of Port Jackson. Interviews with the Natives; and an Account of the Country about Botany Bay.
• Chapter 9: The taking Possession of Port Jackson, with the Disembarkation of the Marines and Convicts.
• Chapter 10: The reading of the Commissions, and taking Possession of the Settlement, in form. With an Account of the Courts of Law, and Mode of administering Public Justice in this Country.
• Chapter 11: A Description of the Natives of New South Wales, and our Transactions with them.
• Chapter 12: The Departure of the French from Botany Bay; and the Return of the 'Supply' from Norfolk Island; with a Discovery made by Lieutenant Ball on his Passage to it.
• Chapter 13: Transactions at Port Jackson in the Months of April and May.
• Chapter 14: From the Beginning of June, to the Departure of the Ships for Europe.
• Chapter 15: The Face of the Country; its Productions, Climate, &c.
• Chapter 16: The Progress made in the Settlement; and the Situation of Affairs at the Time of the Ship, which conveys this Account, sailing for England.
• Chapter 17: Some Thoughts on the Advantages which may arise to the Mother Country from forming the Colony.
• Postscript.

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25/04/2004

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