Complete Account of the Settlement at Port Jackson


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) (6 hr 34 min)

Chapters

Preface 2:59
Chapter I. A Retrospect of the State of the Colony of Port Jackson, on the Date… 7:41
Chapter II. Transactions of the Colony from the sailing of the First Fleet in J… 6:19
Chapter III. Transactions of the Colony, from the Commencement of the Year 1789… 16:22
Chapter IV. Transactions of the Colony in April and May, 1789 14:01
Chapter V. Transactions of the Colony until the Close of the Year 1789 21:50
Chapter VI. Transactions of the Colony, from the Beginning of the Year 1790 unt… 14:58
Chapter VII. Transactions of the Colony in June, July, and August, 1790 16:24
Chapter VIII. Transactions of the Colony in the Beginning of September, 1790 13:43
Chapter IX. Transactions of the Colony in part of September and October, 1790 18:23
Chapter X. The arrival of the 'Supply' from Batavia; the State of the Colony in… 21:21
Chapter XI. Farther Transactions of the Colony in November, 1790 9:59
Chapter XII. Transactions of the Colony in Part of December, 1790 28:13
Chapter XIII. The Transactions of the Colony continued to the End of May, 1791 14:05
Chapter XIV. Travelling Diaries in New South Wales 36:47
Chapter XV. Transactions of the Colony to the end of November, 1791 12:55
Chapter XVI. Transactions of the colony until 18th of December 1791, when I qui… 37:26
Chapter XVII Part 1. Miscellaneous Remarks on the country. On its vegetable pro… 34:15
Chapter XVII Part 2. Miscellaneous Remarks on the country. On its vegetable pro… 53:09
Chapter XVII. Observations on the Convicts 6:26
Chapter XIX. Facts relating to the probability of establishing a whale fishery … 7:04