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The Dictionary of Sydney was archived in 2021.

The Dictionary of Sydney was archived in 2021.

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A Month in the Bush with Four Gentlemen

A Narrative of the Expedition to Botany Bay

A Voyage to New South Wales, December 1786-May 1792

Journal of Arthur Bowes Smyth, 1787 March 22-1789 August

Journal of a Voyage to New South Wales

Thirty Years in Australia

Edmonds, Catherine (Caddie)

Henning, Rachel Biddulph

Nicol, John

Description of the execution of Thomas Barrett in Arthur Bowes Smyth's journal, 27 February 1788

Description of the trial and execution of Thomas Barrett in Arthur Bowes Smyth's journal, February 1788

John Nicol, aged 67 c1822

Miles Franklin's final entry in her diary, 14 September 1954

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Diaries

A Month in the Bush with Four Gentlemen

Journal published in 1838 by Thomas Walker which recorded his journey from Sydney to Port Philip and discussed the state of farming and society at that time.

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A Narrative of the Expedition to Botany Bay

One of the earliest published accounts of life in the first days of the settlement, recorded by Watkin Tench.

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A Voyage to New South Wales, December 1786-May 1792

Manuscript journal by William Bradley recording his impressions of the new colony as a naval officer in the First Fleet. It is believed to have been compiled as a fair copy after 1802 and is held in the Mitchell Library at the State Library of New South Wales.

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Journal of Arthur Bowes Smyth, 1787 March 22-1789 August

Journal by Arthur Bowes Smyth held in the National Library of Australia (MS 4568) concerning hia voyage to Australia in 1787 on the Lady Penrhyn, his stay in New South Wales and the trip back to England in 1789. Two other fair copies of the journal exist, one at the State Library of New South Wales (ML Safe 1/15) and the other at the British Museum (Add MS 47966)

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Journal of a Voyage to New South Wales

Journal by John White, surgeon with the First Fleet, which provided one of the first descriptions of the flora, fauna, settlement and peoples of the new colony.

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Thirty Years in Australia

Account by Ada Cambridge of the exoeriences of herself and her husband in Australia, mostly in Victoria, from 1870.

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Edmonds, Catherine (Caddie)

Barmaid whose biography of her work during the Depression became a best seller when it was adapted into a feature film in 1976, which grossed over two million dollars worldwide.

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Henning, Rachel Biddulph

Colonial English migrant whose letters to her family about her colonial experiences were serialised posthumously in The Bulletin in 1951-1952 with illustrations by Norman Lindsay as The Letters of Rachel Henning, and subsequently published as a book. Her papers are now in the Mitchell Library.

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Nicol, John

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Scottish sailor whose autobiography published in 1822 recorded his circumnavigation of the globe, involvement in the American War of Independence, his life on a whaling vessel and that on a convict transport. On the voyage aboard Lady Juliana he partnered with Sarah Whitlam and together they had a child on the voyage to Sydney. After arriving, Nicol was stationed there for six weeks before setting sail for England, never returning to Sydney.

Description of the execution of Thomas Barrett in Arthur Bowes Smyth's journal, 27 February 1788

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By

Arthur Bowes Smyth

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National Library of Australia

(Journal of Arthur Bowes Smyth, 1787 March 22-1789 August )

Description of the trial and execution of Thomas Barrett in Arthur Bowes Smyth's journal, February 1788

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By

Arthur Bowes Smyth

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National Library of Australia

(from Journal of Arthur Bowes Smyth, 1787 March 22-1789 August)

John Nicol, aged 67 c1822

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By

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National Library of Australia

(frontispiece of 'The life and adventures of John Nicol, mariner' Edinburgh : London : William Blackwood ; T. Cadell, 1822)

Miles Franklin's final entry in her diary, 14 September 1954

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From the collections of the

State Library of New South Wales

[MLMSS 364/Box 2/Item 47]

(Mitchell Library)

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