A Commonwealth of Thieves (40 page)

Command of
Europe:
McIntyre, as above; Edward Spain,
The Journal of Edward Spain, Merchant Seaman and Sometimes Warrant Officer in the Royal Navy,
especially pp. 40–49; McIntyre, pp. 162–79.

Further espionage: Frost, pp. 130–31.

Heads of a Plan:
HRNSW, vol. I, pt. II, pp. 18–19.

Chapter Four

Phillip's expeditionary philosophy: HRNSW, vol. I, pt. II, pp. 50–54.

William Richards and other contractors: The Blackheath Connection, electronic book, especially chap. 34; Charles Bateson,
The Convict Ships, 1787–1868,
pp. 11, 20.

First Fleet vessels: Bateson, pp. 95–102; Blackheath Connection, chap. 34.

Security arrangements on board: Philip Gidley King,
The Journal of Philip Gidley King: Lieutenant, RN, 1787–1790,
pp. 6, 7.

Phillip to Nepean: HRNSW, vol. I, pt. II, p. 59.

Lists of convicts and first loading: Bateson, pp. 95–102.

Relationship between women and sailors: Arthur Bowes Smyth,
The Journal of Arthur Bowes Smyth: Surgeon, Lady Penrhyn, 1787–1789,
p. 25; Gibson; Gillen, alphabetical listings.

Phillip visits ships, and clothing of women: HRNSW, vol. I, pt. II, pp. 58, 59.

Move to Motherbank: HRNSW, vol. I, pt. II, pp. 33–36, 45, 46.

Henry Kable: Cobley,
Crimes,
p. 46 (under Cable);
ADB,
alphabetical listing; Gillen, alphabetical listings;
Daily Universal Register,
15 December 1786, HRA, vol. I, pp. 3–7.

Marines boarding: John W. Given,
First Fleet Marines of Port Jackson and Norfolk Island and in Van Diemen's Land,
pamphlet; Ralph Clark,
The Journal and Letters of Lt. Ralph Clark, 1787–1792,
p. 13;
Hampshire Courier,
12 March 1787; James H. Thomas,
Portsmouth and the First Fleet, 1786–1787,
p. 22.

Further movements of convicts: Thomas, pp. 23–25; Watkin Tench,
Sydney's First Four Years,
reprint of
A Narrative of the Expedition to Botany Bay and a Complete Account of the Settlement at Port Jackson,
pp. 3, 4: Bowes Smyth, p. 13.

Whitewashing: John White Esq.,
Journal of a Voyage to New South Wales,
p. 51 (modern edition).

Sirius
trouble: Lt. Bradley's Journal, Heritage Online, Web site of State Library of New South Wales.

Bowes Smyth boards: Bowes Smyth, pp. 11–13.

Morale of marines: Clark, p. 19.

Infractions amongst marines: John Easty, Private Marine,
Memorandum of the Transactions of a Voyage from England to Botany Bay, 1787–1793: A First Fleet Journal,
p. 5.

Portsmouth: Thomas,
Portsmouth.

Opinions in press: Thomas; HRNSW, vol. II, pp. 738–39; John Bonwick,
Australia's First Preacher, the Reverend Richard Johnson,
p. 13.

News of La Pérouse: Frost; Colin Foster,
France and Botany Bay: The Lure of a Penal Colony,
pp. 7–8.

Phillip boards, clock, etc.: amongst others, Captain John Hunter, Commander HMS
Sirius,
with further accounts by Governor Arthur Phillip, Lieutenant P. G. King, and Lieutenant H. L. Ball,
An Historical Journal, 1787–1792,
p. 3.

Collins:
ADB,
vol. I, alphabetical listing; editor's introduction to Collins,
An Account,
pp. xiii–xvii.

Verse, broadside: Geoffrey Ingleton,
True Patriots All,
pp. 8, 9.

Chapter Five

The sources for the journey are the journals: Hunter, pp. 1–37; Collins, pp. iii–xc; White, pp. 52–101; King, pp. 5–31; Tench, pp. 11–32; Clark, pp. 11–80; Bowes Smyth, pp. 16–56; Easty, pp. 5–88; James Scott, Sergeant of Marines,
Remarks on a Passage to Botany Bay, 1787–1792,
pp. 1–33; also Bradley Journal, Heritage Online, State Library of New South Wales; also Bateson, pp. 95–119.

Hunter: Eldershaw, p. 41;
ADB,
vol. I, alphabetical listing.

Contraceptive practice: Porter, pp. 41–42; Siân Rees,
The Floating Brothel: The Extraordinary Story of the Lady Julian and Its Cargo of Female Convicts Bound for Botany Bay,
pp. 109, 110.

Dawes and Astronomer Royal:
ADB,
vol. I, alphabetical listing.

Beckwith (also Beckford) and Sandlyn: Bowes Smyth, p. 25; David Collins,
An Account of the English Colony in New South Wales,
vol. I, p. 244; Gillen, alphabetical listings.

Chapter Six

Approaches to landfall: King, p. 32.

Chronometer: Hunter, p. 3.

Reaching Botany Bay: King, p. 34.

Aboriginal occupation: John Mulvaney and Johan Kamminga,
Prehistory of Australia,
pp. 69–71; for Sydney region, pp. 284–89.

Tribes and clans: Inga Clendinnen,
Dancing with Strangers,
pp. 290, 291; Keith Smith,
Bennelong: The Coming in of the Eora, Sydney Cove, 1788–1792;
Keith Willey,
When the Sky Fell Down,
pp. 12–18.

Firestick farming: ibid., pp. 60–62.

Landings at Botany Bay: King, pp. 33–35.

Shift in meaning: Paul Carter,
The Road to Botany Bay: An Exploration of Landscape and History,
p. 37.

Aboriginal resistance: King in Hunter, p. 272.

Arrival of second division: Tench, pp. 34–37; Bowes Smyth, p. 57.

Watkin Tench: Tench, p. 32;
ADB,
vol. II, alphabetical listing; Tench, editor's introduction, xiv–xxv.

Arrival: Tench, p. 32.

Convict women and their prospects: Portia Robinson,
Women of Botany Bay,
pp. 56–58.

Resistance to taking of fish: King, p. 34.

Natives offer women: King, p. 35.

Tench's adventures ashore: Tench, pp. 36–37.

Aboriginal language: Mulvaney and Kamminga, pp. 69–77; Collins, journal, pp. 506–12.

Native lances: Bowes Smyth, pp. 57, 58.

Botany Bay: Cook's journal, original and edited, Carter, pp. 10–16; Beaglehole, pp. 230–33.

Moulton: Gillen, alphabetical listing; Don Chapman,
1788: The People of the First Fleet,
alphabetical listing; Cobey,
Crimes,
p. 194, under alias “Morton.”

Decision to explore north, and subsequent discoveries: HRA, Series I, vol. I, p. 18; Collins, pp. 2, 3.

Jacob Nagle:
The Nagle Journal: A Diary of the Life of Jacob Nagle, Sailor, from the Year 1775 to 1841,
pp. 92–95.

Movements in Port Jackson, again: Phillip to Sydney, HRA, vol. I, p. 18; Nagle, pp. 92–95.

Albion and Sydney Cove: Collins, p. 5.

Aboriginal names: Collins, p. 504 and following; reliable Web sites devoted to pre-European Sydney area can be accessed by typing “Eora tribes” or “Eora place-names.”

Chapter Seven

Arrival of two ships: Tench, p. 127.

Move of the fleet to Sydney, and arrival of La Pérouse: Hunter, pp. 29, 30; Collins, pp. 3–5.

Attitude to French: Porter, p. 21.

Clark and Tench react to Port Jackson: Clark, pp. 92, 93; Tench, p. 38.

Geography of Cove and settlement: Collins, pp. 4, 5.

Dawes and White: Collins, p. 12; White, pp. 113, 114.

Canvas Government House: Hunter, p. 53; HRA, vol. II, pp. 666–67.

Harry Brewer:
ADB,
vol. I, alphabetical listing; HRA, vol. I, p. 35.

Clark and his tent: Clark, p. 93.

Native plants: White, pp. 151–58.

Building of huts, and unsuitable wood: White, p. 119; Tench, pp. 38–39, 60; Collins, pp. 5, 6.

Livestock and Corbett: Collins, p. 5.

Phillip et al. and Eora: Hunter, pp. 38–46.

First farming, convicts and supervisory duty: Collins, pp. 5–7, 17; Phillip to Banks: HRA, as above.

James Ruse:
ADB,
vol. II, alphabetical listing; Collins, pp. 75–76; Tench, pp.197–98; Phillip in Hunter, pp. 301, 351.

Ross:
ADB,
vol. II, alphabetical listing; C. M. H. Clark, vol. I, p. 74; Alan Atkinson,
The Europeans in Australia; A History,
vol. I, pp. 57, 58, 72–75.

Phillip as shark totem: Atkinson, p. 38.

Phillip's May 16 dispatch to Lord Sydney: HRA, vol. I, p. 18.

White and Balmain: see in particular White, pp. 47–50.

Gardens: Collins, p. 13; Clark, p. 113.

Bradley:
ADB,
alphabetical listing; Victor Crittenden,
Naval Men of the First Fleet,
pamphlet.

Visit to La Pérouse: King, pp. 37–39.

French visit, Sydney Cove: amongst others, Collins, pp. 11, 12.

Death of Fr. Receveur: Collins, vol. I, p. 16; King,
Journal,
pp. 39, 40; Tench, p. 55.

Chapter Eight

Landing of women: Bowes, p. 67.

The bacchanalia: Bowes, as above.

Tench's view: Tench, p. 39.

Reading of commission, extent of claim: Collins, p. 6.

Phillip's speech: Collins, vol. I, p. 6.

Rations: Collins, p. 7; Tench, pp. 12, 83.

Neglect of ships' captains: Bowes, p. 69.

First court-martial: Clark, p. 96.

Chapter Nine