Captain Watkin Tench of the marines sailed with the First Fleet and lived at Port Jackson from January 1788 to December 1791. This sequel to his earlier narrative records the colony month by month: failing crops and short rations, the voyages of the Supply to Batavia, convicts and officers, and close observation of the Aboriginal people around Sydney Cove.
Among the best eyewitness accounts of Australia’s founding, written with humour and humanity. Download the free EPUB.