The Voyage of Governor Phillip to Botany Bay

With an Account of the Establishment of the Colonies of Port Jackson and Norfolk Island (1789)

Author: Arthur Phillip
Language: English
Wordcount: 71,165 / 220 pg
Flesch-Kincaid Reading Ease: 52.2
LoC Category: D
Downloads: 280
Added to site: 2005.02.19
mnybks.net#: 9658
Genre: History
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. G. King, Esq; Superintendant and Commandant of the Settlement of Norfolk Island

Chapter IX

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A Criminal Court held--Broken Bay explored by Governor Phillip--Interviews with the Natives--Peculiarities remarked--Friendly behaviour and extraordinary courage of an old man.

Chapter X

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Departure of the French Ships--Death of M. Le Receveur--Return of the Supply from Norfolk Island--Description of that Place--Howe Island discovered. Particulars of the life of P. G. King, Esq

Chapter XI

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Three of the transports cleared--Two excursions made into the country, on the fifteenth of April, and on the twenty-second--Huts of the natives--Sculpture, and other particulars. Description of the Kanguroo. Dimensions of the stuffed Kanguroo, in the possession of Mr. Stockdale. Account of the live stock in the settlement at Port Jackson, May 1, 1788

Chapter XII

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The Supply r

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