The following authentic letter from Botany Bay , comes from a very intelligent gentleman at that qua...
The following authentic letter from Botany Bay , comes from a very intelligent gentleman at that qua...
The following authentic letter from Botany Bay , comes from a very intelligent gentleman at that quarter, on whose veracity we have so perfect dependence, that though this account of the place differs from most others, we can confidently deliver it to our readers as a representation on which they may rely : [printed in The Morning Chronicle and London Advertiser, 24 April 1789]
About this item
Full title
Publisher
London Published by R. Butters, 1789.
Uniform title
Call Numbers
HX 2018/0017
Record Identifier
MMS ID
Language
English
Formats
Physical Description
Physical content
page [4] ; 50 cm.
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
sheet
Publication information
Publisher
London Published by R. Butters, 1789.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
1789.
Access and use
Access Conditions
Mitchell Library copy at HF 2018/0006: To be Issued in Special Collections.
Subjects
More information
Scope and Contents
Summary
Letter written by an unknown officer just five months after the First Fleet, under the command of Arthur Phillip, arrived in Sydney Cove on 26 January 1788 when the union jack was raised and formal possession of the land taken.
Alternative Titles
Full title
The following authentic letter from Botany Bay , comes from a very intelligent gentleman at that quarter, on whose veracity we have so perfect dependence, that though this account of the place differs from most others, we can confidently deliver it to our readers as a representation on which they may rely : [printed in The Morning Chronicle and Lon...
Variant title
Morning Chronicle and London Advertiser 1789
Other title
Authentic letter from Botany Bay dated Sydney Cove 12 July 1788, published in The Morning Chronicle and London Advertiser, 24 April 1789
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Notes
General note
Caption title.
From a 4 page broadside printed in 4 columns.
Extract from No. 6228, The Morning Chronicle and London Advertiser, Friday April 24, 1789 --Page [4].
Additional physical form availability note
Online at the State Library of NSW.
Contextual Information
Biographical note
Written only a few months after the founding of the colony in Sydney Cove. The writer gives an account of his early experiences in Botany Bay and Sydney Cove providing us with substantial details about the surrounding countryside, climate, Indigenous people, and flora and fauna.
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
HX 2018/0017
Record Identifier
74VKVNNq8BGO
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVNNq8BGO
Other Identifiers
DDC
994.02
MMS ID
991024161519102626
