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The Voyage of Governor Phillip to Botany Bay - With an Account of the Establishment of the Colonies of Port Jackson - and Norfolk Island (1789) by Arthur Phillip
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Prince Lieutenant Davy 0 2 2 2 1 25
of Lieutenant Timmins
Wales Provost Martial
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4 12 11 12 5 154
put on board his Majesty's ship 0 0 1 0 3 6
Sirius, as supernumeraries.
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Total of the detachment 4 12 12 12 8 160
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Forty women, wives to the Marines, permitted to go out with the Garrison.


CONTENTS

Chapter I.

Public utility of voyages--Peculiar circumstances of this--New Holland
properly a continent--Reasons for fixing our settlement
there--Transportation to America, its origin, advantages, and
cessation--Experiments made--The present plan adopted--Disadvantages of
other expedients.

Chapter II.

Preparation of the fleet ordered to Botany Bay.--Particulars of its
arrangement.--Departure and passage to the Canary Isles.

Chapter III.
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