Complete Account of the Settlement at Port Jackson
Watkin Tench
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Length 6 h 34 min
Chapters 20
First published 1793
Watkin Tench was a British marine officer who sailed with the First Fleet from England to Australia, landing in January 1788. He first wrote an account of his experiences with the First Fleet in a book called "A Narrative of the Expedition to Botany Bay". Later he published this book, "A Complete Account of the Settlement at Port Jackson", where he takes up from where he left off in the previous account; July 1788 up until he left the colony in December 1791. This is one of the earliest published accounts of this pivotal period in Australian history. Tench displays all the assumptions and world-views of an officer of Imperial England, but also reveals his own intelligent personality and occasional flashes of empathy. The account is a classic of its kind and is invaluable to historians. (Summary by chocmuse)
Chapters
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Preface Read by chocmuse 2:59
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Chapter II. Transactions of the Colony from the sailing of the First Fleet in July, 1788, to the Close of that Year Read by chocmuse 6:19
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Chapter III. Transactions of the Colony, from the Commencement of the Year 1789, until the End of March Read by chocmuse 16:22
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Chapter IV. Transactions of the Colony in April and May, 1789 Read by chocmuse 14:01
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Chapter V. Transactions of the Colony until the Close of the Year 1789 Read by chocmuse 21:50
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Chapter VI. Transactions of the Colony, from the Beginning of the Year 1790 until the End of May following Read by chocmuse 14:58
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Chapter VII. Transactions of the Colony in June, July, and August, 1790 Read by chocmuse 16:24
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Chapter VIII. Transactions of the Colony in the Beginning of September, 1790 Read by chocmuse 13:43
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Chapter IX. Transactions of the Colony in part of September and October, 1790 Read by chocmuse 18:23
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Chapter X. The arrival of the 'Supply' from Batavia; the State of the Colony in November, 1790 Read by chocmuse 21:21
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Chapter XI. Farther Transactions of the Colony in November, 1790 Read by chocmuse 9:59
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Chapter XII. Transactions of the Colony in Part of December, 1790 Read by chocmuse 28:13
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Chapter XIII. The Transactions of the Colony continued to the End of May, 1791 Read by chocmuse 14:05
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Chapter XIV. Travelling Diaries in New South Wales Read by chocmuse 36:47
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Chapter XV. Transactions of the Colony to the end of November, 1791 Read by chocmuse 12:55
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Chapter XVI. Transactions of the colony until 18th of December 1791, when I quitted it, with an Account of its state at that time Read by chocmuse 37:26
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Chapter XVII Part 1. Miscellaneous Remarks on the country. On its vegetable productions. On its climate. On its animal productions. On its natives, etc. Read by chocmuse 34:15
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Chapter XVII Part 2. Miscellaneous Remarks on the country. On its vegetable productions. On its climate. On its animal productions. On its natives, etc. Read by chocmuse 53:09
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Chapter XVII. Observations on the Convicts Read by chocmuse 6:26
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Chapter XIX. Facts relating to the probability of establishing a whale fishery on the coast of New South Wales, with Thoughts on the same Read by chocmuse 7:04
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