Australian History (#144MG) Closed Auction Info View ▼ Items per page 102550100 Sort by DefaultTime LeftLot#Lot NameNewestHighest PriceLowest PriceBids (Low - High)Bids (High - Low)Views (Low - High)Views (High - Low) Filter By Categories Category match ANY of the aboveALL of the above Featured Exclude closed lots Price Lot Number Results: Viewing items 341-350 of 706. Previous|1...333435363738...71|Next Lot #344 GOVERNOR PHILIPS & PORT JACKSON: THE LONDON CHRONICLEDecember 10-12, 1789: Includes a short piece quoting "Philips" [correctly, Phillip] description of Port Jackson and Sydney Cove, of which he says "Here was the finest spring water, and ships can anchor so close in shore, that at a very small expence quays may be constructed, at which the largest vessels may constantly unload." There are also reports from the West Indies, France, Philadelphia, Vienna, Archangel and many other places. View details Estimate$200 - $300Price Realized$160StatusSold Lot #345 BOTANY BAY & SECOND FLEET: THE LONDON CHRONICLE:December 12-15, 1789: An edition rich with relevant articles including a brief reference to "The Neptune convict ship...with the Botany Bay Rangers on board..." still waiting for orders; an extract of a letter from Portsmouth reporting that "The number of convicts going out to Botany Bay, in the fleet now under sailing orders, amounts to 1000......." mentioning the numbers on the Neptune, the Scarborough and the Surprize. There is also a brief... View details Quantity2Estimate$250 - $500Price Realized$220StatusSold Lot #346 CONVICTS & GOVERNOR PHILIP: THE LONDON CHRONICLEDecember 22-24 & 24-26, 1789: the first edition carries a report regarding the launch of the new ship Discovery, to be commanded by Captain Roberts; another, reporting on the delivery of 100 more convicts from Newgate prison, "to be taken to the hulks, in order to wait their sentence of transportation." The second edition carries a lengthy review of the newly published "The Voyage of Governor Philip to Botany Bay; with an Account of the Estab... View details Quantity2Estimate$250 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #347 SERIOUS DOUBTS ABOUT BOTANY BAY: THE LONDON CHRONICLEFebruary 8-10 & 19-22, 1791: The first includes a lengthy report on Sir Charles Bunbury's speech and the subsequent debate in the House of Commons, on the subject of the "settlement of Botany Bay" and the "delayed disposal of convicts" there. Mr Jekyll observed that "he had many doubts of the policy of the system of colonizing New South Wales......The Chancellor of the Exchequer admitted....that the sending of such a number of convicts t... View details Quantity2Estimate$500 - $750Price Realized$380StatusSold Lot #348 THE TRAGIC IMPACT OF SMALL POX: THE LONDON CHRONICLEFebruary 22-24, 1791: An edition carrying good and bad news; the first being a report on the exemplary behavoiur of two convicts, Richard Pugh and Elizabeth Morgan, who "....are stationed at Norfolk Island....Pugh has discovered great ingenuity in covering houses with shingles, and turns out to be a valuable member of the colony." The very bad news is introduced by the following statement: "The native inhabitants of the country have caugh... View details Estimate$250 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #349 NORFOLK ISLAND & CONVICT LABOUR IN NSW: THE LONDON CHRONICLEMarch 5-8, 8-10 & 10-12, 1791: the first edition carries an extract of the "instructions given by Governor Philip to the Lieutenant Governor during his command at Norfolk Isalnd, dated 2d of March 1790" which mostly concern the use of convict labour in "cultivating and dressing the flax-plant.." The second, contains a much more lengthy letter from Governor from Governor Philip to Lord Sydney, dated Sydney Cove, Feb.13, 1790, in wh... View details Quantity3Estimate$500 - $750Price Realized$420StatusSold Lot #350 SOME STATISTICS FROM NEW SOUTH WALES: THE LONDON CHRONICLEMarch 22-24 & 24-26, 1791: Two editions which provide fascinating statistical insight into the fledgling Colony, including:Convicts shipped: 2,029Convicts intended to be sent in the ships now under orders: 1,830also much accounting detail regarding the costs of the Civil and Military Establishments, the cost of Provisions and Stores, with lists for the various ships, types of equipment (including handcuffs and irons), medicine... View details Quantity2Estimate$300 - $500Price Realized$220StatusSold Lot #351 FAVOURABLE NEWS FROM BOTANY BAY: THE LONDON CHRONICLEMay 26-28, 1791: "Letters have been received in town from Botany Bay, which contain the most favourable accounts of that colony. The arrival of the Scarborough, Surprise, Justinian, Lady Juliana and Neptune transports, in the months of July and August [1790], entirely relieved the colony from the distress it laboured under when Lieutenant King left it....." View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #352 STARVING CONDITIONS AT BOTANY BAY: THE LONDON CHRONICLEJuly 2-5 and 5-7, 1791: These editions carry two short reports from the colony advising of "..almost...starving condition..." and that attempts to establish relations with the natives and that, furthermore, "there seemed very little prospect of ever bringing the scheme to a satisfactory accomplishment." Other coverage in these editions is heavy in news from the on-going revolution in France, the loss of the supply ship, Neptune while ... View details Quantity2Estimate$200 - $300Price Realized$120StatusSold Lot #353 SECOND FLEET & DEATHS EN ROUTE: THE LONDON CHRONICLEJuly 14-16 and August 4-6, 1791: The earlier edition carries a report on the arrival of the Neptune, the Scarborough and Surprize at Botany Bay [June 1790]. "The convicts were very sickly, of whom 270 died on their passage, and 100 more after their arrival....They found the colony in a distressed state...". The later condition provided more insight into the sorry state of the colony and the recent arrivals via an "Extract of a Letter from... 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